By Suleika Jaouad Day 1 No matter what I do — skip breakfast, set multiple alarms or go to sleep early the night before — I always seem to arrive at the hospital exactly 30 minutes late for my appointments. Today is Monday, and it’s the first of five straight days I’ll go to the hospital to … [Read more...] about Five Days of Chemo
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Posting Your Cancer on Facebook … Life, Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
In the world of social media, we are our own self-portraitists. Our digital identity is doctored to show the best version of our lives. (Maybe a more apt name for Facebook would have been “Best Face” book.) It’s not a new observation to point out the disparities between our online identities and our … [Read more...] about Posting Your Cancer on Facebook … Life, Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
Keeping Cancer At Bay … Life, Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
“How are you doing?” is a complicated question for a cancer patient. Watching for the return of cancer after a bone marrow transplant is a full-time job, even when results from the first biopsy seem hopeful. Last weekend, my doctors gave me a “pass” to leave the Hope Lodge, my temporary home in … [Read more...] about Keeping Cancer At Bay … Life, Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
All in a Day’s Work … Life, Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
The first time I fantasized about early retirement, I was 22 years old. It was a rainy spring morning in Paris, and as I waited for the Métro to take me to my new paralegal job, it occurred to me that I’d rather be sleeping in, or playing hooky at the movies, or sailing around the world. I felt … [Read more...] about All in a Day’s Work … Life, Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad