The thing about managing multiple primaries, I’m learning, is that overlapping timelines are unexpected triggers. I’m POD14 — 14 days post right hemicolectomy — solidly on a recovery timeline, albeit slower than I expected. And at the same time, my social media is serving me memories of starting chemotherapy two years ago for my endometrial cancer. That intersection has me feeling unsettled in a way that isn’t simply waiting for pathology results. It’s more of a reckoning with just how much my body has been through, and is still processing. Today, that feels like a lot.
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Sitting with what comes next
I wish that title were tongue-in-cheek, but I tweaked my right knee last week, and for the last few days I’ve been resting my legs while the swelling goes down. It’s feeling better, and I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to run again by the weekend, but in the meantime, I’m feeling proud of myself for not running through an injury, however mild it might be.
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Genetics … the missing puzzle piece?
It turns out that even a routine referral to your periodontist can loop back to your cancer journey. Who knew? The interesting thing is that it may connect some dots. I have a ‘cobblestone’ pattern on my gums—tiny little clusters of bumps I’ve had forever—that my new dentist thought were worth evaluating ‘just to make sure.’ Cue the referral to an oral pathologist.
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Running from hysteria 