The Liz Army:
A blog
Patient. Patient advocate. Researcher. Student.
There are more than 500 posts here. Use this search to look for something specific. Good luck!
A note about my oldest posts: I began blogging about brain cancer in 2008, at age 29. I had no background or knowledge about healthcare when I started. Please excuse typos and other misconceptions. What you read here is me in real time, like a time capsule.
Needle pricks and scar tissue now permanent
Does anyone else have permanent scars from all the blood draws?
I'm here. I have cancer. Get used to it.
It has been freeing to let loose a big secret that has defined my life over the past 2+ years. It is like I've come out of the cancer closet.
Dreaming about my friend’s brain surgery
My friend Erin is having her second brain surgery on Wednesday and last night I had this dream.
Not dying from cancer: the ultimate imposter syndrome
My friends celebrate the end of my treatment like I'm some sort of badass. I feel like a fraud because I didn't really do anything. I was a participant in the process.
My old twitching grounds: revisiting where I had a seizure
It is certainly nice now enjoying my small iced latte without the fear of scaring the shit out of baristas.
What a craniotomy scar looks like after a few years
It's nice to see that my scar is still doing well.
Chemo for the last time: I guess I have some survivorship to get used to?
The post chemo transition was kind of difficult for me, as I went from "doing something" to "waiting for the anvil to drop.”