A Humorous Look at the Bright Side of Cancer... and There Is One
Apparently, not everyone has the same sick sense of humor I do. On my “Cancer Is A Funny Thing” Facebook page, a gentleman told me, “u should go to hell die and go liv on the strrets and I think everyone hopes u get cancer u ifsgjnbjngrsnb.” (sic) Now, my first reaction was to just […]
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Tonight, I was furiously reworking the manuscript of the novel I completed a mere month before I was diagnosed with cancer. I was really on a roll when I was interrupted by a text from a friend. “Hi, what are you doing?” Melissa wrote. “Editing my racy novel,” I replied. “A racy novel, eh?” she texted […]
Continue Reading »Tonight, my son, Jonathan, played varsity basketball for his school. At the game, I ran into a friend of mine, Marilyn. “I love the new color of your hair,” she gushed. “It absolutely makes you look ten years younger.” “Oh, goody, that means I’m turning 36 tomorrow instead of 46.”
Continue Reading »I also ordered medical records from the plastic surgeon. I’m thinking he probably had no choice but to do some redacting of his own: 1. Good golly, this patient has enough fat on her body to make at least three boobs. 2. Cha-ching… this chick could keep me in business for a long, long time. I’ll […]
Continue Reading »Recently, I ordered medical records from the naturopath. I couldn’t help but wonder how much redacting went on before those records got to me: 1. This patient is nuts and will never stop eating sugar. 2. Marie seems to display psychotic behavior and should be referred to a looney-bin. 3. I know I’m supposed to […]
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Having one’s paycheck garnished to pay for chemotherapy adds just that extra bit of “excitement” to the whole cancer treatment experience.
Continue Reading »I’m thinking people in the United Kingdom have entirely too much time on their hands. Not enough time, however, to read the subtitle of my book: “Cancer Is A Funny Thing: A Humorous Look At the Bright Side of Cancer… And There Is One.” A few Brits left me the following posts on my business […]
Continue Reading »Speaking of “dieting” and budgets and imposed vegetarianism, trying to keep food in the house for teenagers longer than 24 hours is almost an impossibility. Adriana, Michael, and Jonathan eat picante sauce like it’s going out of style. I used to buy one at a time and now, since I hate shopping with a passion, […]
Continue Reading »A few days ago, Ken and I had one of the widow ladies from our church over for dinner. We’ll call her Betty. After a delicious dinner of mashed potatoes, meatballs, peas, and my “famous” gravy, we retired to the living room for homemade coconut popsicles. The conversation turned to entertainment. “Hey, Betty, do you […]
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