Cancer

Words matter: How we speak about cancer can hinder healing

June 5, 2025

The biggest issue I have when it comes to speaking to someone with cancer is the personification of the interlocution. It’s so narcissistic.

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The full Monty

May 16, 2025

When both my Maltese dog and I developed cancerous and deadly tumors, the parallels proved to be unnerving.

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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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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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30 years of aliyah

October 20, 2024

Last week, our family marked our thirty-year “aliyaversary,” since we moved to Israel in 1994. Here are 30 reasons to live in Israel.

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Can this treatment fix my damaged lungs?

May 28, 2024

After my first round of chemo, my IG levels – a key immune function – were depleted. What could I do to keep from getting lung infections?

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33 random minor frustrations

March 25, 2024

As war and antisemitism continue to rage around us, I thought we could all use a break from the big, life-threatening issues.

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I never want to get sick…ever again

January 2, 2022

Covid, the flu, the common cold…I never want to get sick ever again. Which is completely unrealistic. It goes against what it means to be human

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When anti-vaxxers get Covid

August 15, 2021

Is it OK to have schadenfreude (the German expression for “pleasure derived from someone else’s misfortune”) when an anti-vaxxer contracts Covid-19? The Internet seems to think so.

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