Cancer Diaries: Where I have a nasty fall and let pain be my relentless teacher
(First published April 2, 2025) APRIL 2 — Of course, the one time I go to a mall without my cane, I fall so spectacularly I can only remember rolling…
Cancer Diaries: Nosebleeds, hangnails and eye infections, oh joy
(First published March 26, 2025) MARCH 26 — There are so many little, annoying things you aren’t truly prepared for when you’re a cancer patient. Staring at my bedside table,…
Cancer Diaries: On dangerous massages and the light at the end of the tunnel (of pain)
(First published March 19, 2025)MARCH 19 — Sometimes I have really bad ideas. My most recent one was thinking that I could relieve my back pain with massage machines. I…
Cancer Diaries: What older cancer survivors taught me
(First published March 12, 2025) MARCH 12 — Life is funny sometimes. I passed by a car workshop the other day and saw my neighbour’s car — the same car…
Cancer Diaries: Developing needle phobia and dealing with seven-hour-long treatments
(First published March 5, 2025) MARCH 5 — Most of my life I have been pretty stoic about getting injections or blood draws and even as a child I wasn’t…
Cancer Diaries: Turning 47 and finding grace
(First published in Malay Mail on Feb 26, 2025) FEBRUARY 26 — I turned 47 last Saturday. Instead of the sadness I was expecting, all I felt was a calm…
Cancer Diaries: Knowing when to adjust your difficulty level
FEBRUARY 19 — Something’s got to give, sometimes. In my case it was my pretending that I could keep being resilient without cracking — evidenced by the loud guttural howl-scream…