
Chatting with Cancer. Living with Cancer.
Every few days, I call a cancer survivor. Or a cancer expert. Or both. And then I prepare for the emotional fallout.

Bald for Halloween? Dr. Evil Scares the Neighbors.
In your face, Cancer! I’m bald and I’m an evil doctor! Get it?

Did IVF Cause Giuliana Rancic’s Cancer or Help Find it?
Our favorite takeaway: She says her husband doesn’t try to point out people who have it worse off than she does. Rather, he just lets her cry and feel her feelings.

The Steve Jobs Download: You Will Not Live Every Day Like it’s Your Last
But you won’t live each day like it’s your last because you can’t.
The Story of the Tamara Wig
Here’s one way for people to help cancer patients.

Got a Friend with Cancer? Just Be a Friend.
The moment she walked through my front door and got a look at my headscarf and drawn-on eyebrows, she burst into tears. That’s when I knew it was going to be my job to make her feel better that I had cancer. Maybe I looked more pathetic than she had steeled herself to see. Maybe […]

Please Don’t Wave at the Oncology Floor
I was the only patient on the oncology floor who was born after President Kennedy was shot.
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