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.
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.”
Quoted in The Health Care Blog
Woah! Check me out... I was quoted in a story in TheHealthCareBlog.com. My part is near the end of the article... but you should read the whole thing.
What are your post-brain surgery deficits?
My right-side balance and knowledge of where my body is space is so out of whack that I can't put my leg behind my body and just KNOW WHERE IT IS.
This is almost a haiku
Something I'm afraid of: death. Something I'm not afraid of: death. Funny how that works.
Certificate of participation: cancer edition
But a medal and a survivor lap around a track? It makes me feel like entertainment.
Transitioning from treatment to survivor “anxiety” is normal
If I listened to my own advice I'd know that this transition phase is going to suck, but I will never have to do it again.
Cancer dream
The crab keeps running past me, reaching his gigantic pinchers toward my legs and feet. Finally, after a few passes around the coffee table, he finally gets me and snaps a chunk of flesh from my calf.