Random 11 Nov 2005 9:57 pm
Birthday
Laura’s 51st. Her first as a cancer—what? survivor, I guess (better than “victim” or “patient” or “battler” …). Postlumpectomy, prechemotherapy. At the threshold of a long ordeal.
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on 18 Nov 2005 5:54 pm at 5:54 pm # WorldWideWeber
Something in the back of my head says:
So, how about “cancer mama”? Let’s try it out:
“… Laura’s first as a cancer mama.”
I think I like it better.
on 4 Jan 2006 3:02 pm at 3:02 pm # WorldWideWeber
No chemo, as it turns out. But she has started on tamoxifen. So sometimes I call her Tammy.