In so many ways, we are the products of the stories that we tell ourselves. Yesterday, my dad started his first round of chemotherapy for the not one, but two cancers he has. My family has known about his cancer diagnosis since mid-December. But in a combination of delays due to the pandemic, the pace of our medical bureaucracy and just general human error, his final diagnosis was been delayed until last week. Likely unnecessary to restate, but hearing that you have two kinds of cancer is an incredibly weighty diagnosis. Luckily, for my dad, one of the two cancers is very slow growing, and so his prognosis seems good. My parents have been known to be odd and this was no exception. When the doctor shared the final diagnosis, my mom first remarked, “Wow, you're really an overachiever.”
Issue #49: Belonging and Narratives
Issue #49: Belonging and Narratives
Issue #49: Belonging and Narratives
In so many ways, we are the products of the stories that we tell ourselves. Yesterday, my dad started his first round of chemotherapy for the not one, but two cancers he has. My family has known about his cancer diagnosis since mid-December. But in a combination of delays due to the pandemic, the pace of our medical bureaucracy and just general human error, his final diagnosis was been delayed until last week. Likely unnecessary to restate, but hearing that you have two kinds of cancer is an incredibly weighty diagnosis. Luckily, for my dad, one of the two cancers is very slow growing, and so his prognosis seems good. My parents have been known to be odd and this was no exception. When the doctor shared the final diagnosis, my mom first remarked, “Wow, you're really an overachiever.”