Belonging beyond worlds
April 27, 2025
Published by Synkroniciti Magazine in Volume 6, Number 3, Katherine McDaniel, editor (September 2024)
Tag: remission
Wild Garlic
June 12, 2024
As I sit in the woods, a strong smell fills the air,Pungent wild garlic; eyes close, I am there.On this bench, two years prior, where a call had me picked,Like a rose in her prime, to be told she was sick.A tumour, they’d told me, with no time for thinking,Just garlic’s strong stench; like my … More Wild Garlic
It’s life Laura, but not as you know it
February 10, 2024
I’m celebrating my 31st birthday today, but in the world of cancer, I just turned 1. Give or take a month or two, it’s been a year since I entered remission. When I turned 30 last year, I assumed I could just throw myself back into life as normal – after all, I had just … More It’s life Laura, but not as you know it
The Lucky One
January 21, 2024
They say I am the lucky oneNow that cancer’s come and goneAlthough that’s how it is depictedTruthfully, I feel conflictedMy hopes were swallowed with my dreamsAnd even now my body screamsIt took more than I could giveBut left me with the chance to live I must be the lucky oneFor others cancer came – they’re … More The Lucky One
An A-Z of Chemo for Lymphoma
April 29, 2023
“After this cycle I’m taking the PET-CT results to the MDT to discuss ABVD vs BEACOPP efficacy chance on EFS. We also need more filgrastim to help prevent neutropenia and an X-ray and ultrasound to check PICC line positioning.” When I entered the cancer world, a few months prior to my consultant uttering these words, … More An A-Z of Chemo for Lymphoma
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