DEALING WITH THE GREY ZONE I’m in the grey zone again . . . a time of unknowns and uncertainty.  My CA-125 (which is a blood test that is used to track how I am doing) has been creeping up steadily over my last four appointments. It appears as if my maintenance treatment may no [...]

STAYING HOPEFUL I was recently asked by a woman whose ovarian cancer had just returned how I remained hopeful in the face of my own multiple recurrences. I had to think and reflect before answering her.  I’ve always been a positive person – not a “Pollyanna” per se – but generally a “glass half-full” type of [...]

RAIDHO I’m of Scandinavian heritage and I’ve always been fascinated by old Norse mythology and the old alphabet called runes.  When I was diagnosed with cancer I adopted the Norse rune “Raidho” as my personal symbol and the phrase “we can’t always choose our journey . . . . but we can choose how we [...]