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Sixty Weeks to 60: Survivorship

August 20, 2024August 31, 2024thecausecoach

(38 Weeks)

Surviving cancer is a big deal. 2024 marks ten years for me.

I feel odd at times defining myself as a cancer survivor. I was one of the very lucky ones. It was caught early. A lumpectomy and four weeks of radiation. That’s it. I opted against chemotherapy. After much research, I believed, in my case, the risk wouldn’t outweigh the benefit.

New Jersey continues to be a piece of my puzzle

January 30, 2020January 10, 2021thecausecoach

Last week I was back in New Jersey. It marked my first time back in a little over a year. I know that January is perhaps not the best time to leave Chicago for New Jersey (the escape to someplace warm is coming later this week), but I have an annual check-in at Memorial Sloan Kettering that I use as an excuse to spend time re-connecting with friends…and the landscape.

What a difference 5 years can make

August 21, 2019January 9, 2021thecausecoach

2014. Just writing that gives me a shudder. Hands down the worst year of my life. But here I am able to look back feeling pretty strong. There are several five-year milestones this year that have or will pass. Read more →