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Thursday, Oct 27 – Happy Birthday to Me!

It's my birthday. A few months ago, my calendar showed that I'd be flying to India today. How things change. How things we take for granted - like health - can sneak up and whack you (me) alongside the head and rock ones' world. India will wait. As will every other country in the world. They'll be there next year when I've tamed this cancer. Yesterday I completed my 8th chemo cocktail. Again, without suffering any negative side effects. I…

Friday, Sept 2: Forlornly Shorn (or, A Bad Buzz Cut)

"I look like my brother with mascara!" I shrieked. And then I wept. Until that moment, I had not felt like a cancer patient, nor looked like one. Now, there was no mistaking it. There were only a few other possibilities:  I had converted to some oppressive religious cult, had a bad case of head lice or was being readied for prison camp. But I have ovarian cancer. This is another dose of reality. This is really happening. Cancer scares me. I hate…