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My Multifocal Life
I was diagnosed with stage 3B metastatic lung cancer at the end of December 2011. After several years of chemo and scans, I’ve moved beyond the scary statistics to enjoy a “partial remission.” My graphic experiments (some gathered below), that strangely began with the diagnosis, help me confront the rituals and scenarios we insiders experience as habitués of Cancerland.
See also:
Cancer Gadfly posts in the Diary
New Ways to Talk About Cancer. I previewed some of my thoughts on lung cancer and my graphic response to the diagnosis in an interview with journalist Sarah Glazer on Cancer Commons. Read interview »
The Trauma of Diagnosis. This is the first article I’ve published on the cancer experience and how it is represented in graphic memoir. I’ve included many artists’ drawings and a few of my own. Download the article »
Partial Remission
After the last appointment (June 2016), my oncologist doubled the time between scans to
Is Waiting Also Living?
We wait in our chairs to hear our name called. Some in wheel chairs,
Chemo Brain
Most define it as a decrease in mental “sharpness”—being unable to remember certain things
Infusion for Two
Last week my friend Aiobheann Sweeney and I discovered we were having an infusion
The Compliment
When friends learn you are in treatment for cancer, naturally they prefer not to
How Are You?
Bobby Baker’s spectacular Diary Drawings focus on her struggles with mental illness, notably borderline
To Tell. Not to Tell
It’s hard to tell people that you have cancer. No one knows what to