Health

To pee or not to pee

May 3, 2025

My worst medical nightmare was averted but in its place I now have a nephrostomy: a bag on my back to collect my urine.

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Flying through hospitalization

April 6, 2025

Throughout my cancer journey, one of my biggest fears has been needing to be hospitalized. That day finally arrived recently.

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How not to save a kidney

March 23, 2025

He introduced himself as “Yuval the smiley guy,” which was not far off for a doctor who works in the hospital department dealing with genitalia.

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My first fentanyl

March 9, 2025

I don’t remember when I fell asleep or when I woke up, but I was in another room. That’s what a little fentanyl will do for you.

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Cancer is not a “battle”

January 11, 2025

zIn 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a “war on cancer.” The battle cliche as stuck ever since. But is it appropriate?

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“I’ve never been with a bald man before”

December 13, 2024

As I started chemotherapy, I was prepared for my hair to fall out. Just not the way it began. My hair loss started more with a whisper than a bang. 

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How to preserve a legacy after death

December 2, 2024

A trifecta of physical and emotional stress washed over me, leaving me despondent over politics, war and a sudden change in my health. My cancer had come back.

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Will AI put me out of a job?

November 16, 2024

I started using artificial intelligence by accident. I needed a transcription from Arabic to English. And then I plunged down the AI rabbit hole.

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Coping with PTCD – Post-Traumatic Covid Disorder

August 26, 2024

Covid is back. It seems like everyone I know has been exposed or infected this summer. That includes me. Do you have PTCD?

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Can quantum mechanics save my failing body?

May 14, 2024

Lately, it feels like my body is falling apart. I’m ready for a trade-in. Same brain, but how about a new body?

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