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CANCER Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/tag/cancer/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:56:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/cindydeboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cindydeboericon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 CANCER Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/tag/cancer/ 32 32 184530663 Leaky Breasts and Other Hot Messes https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:56:02 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4332 Recently, while at work at the psychiatric hospital, I caught a glimpse of myself in a patient’s bathroom mirror and noticed a large wet spot on my t-shirt just below my left breast. It was an odd location for a spill, but I chalked it up to my clumsiness and threw on a hoodie to […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/feed/ 2 4332 Six Critical Life Lessons Learned from a Hacker https://cindydeboer.com/2019/05/09/six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker https://cindydeboer.com/2019/05/09/six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker/#comments Thu, 09 May 2019 16:53:34 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1176 I was furiously typing away – hoping to complete another chapter of my book in the two hours I’d managed to wrangle free. Suddenly, a warning popped up on my screen, “CAUTION! You have a virus attacking your computer! Stop immediately and call Apple: 555-5555” (the title of this blog should let you know why […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/05/09/six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker/feed/ 5 1176 Is it possible that snow in April, stupid lung diseases, and other atrocities could be good for us? https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/11/why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/11/why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:28:31 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1108 We lived in the most glorious, sunny, mountainous and palm-treed locations both times that we lived abroad. Aix-en-Provence, France and Casablanca, Morocco are two dreamy places to have once been called “home”. While living abroad, we met people from all over the states, as well as from around the world. Then we all moved on […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/11/why-experiencing-snow-menstrual-cramps-disease-loss-and-other-atrocities-could-be-good-for-us/feed/ 5 1108 A Lament for Heidi https://cindydeboer.com/2018/01/08/the-smell-of-death-a-lament-for-heidi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-smell-of-death-a-lament-for-heidi https://cindydeboer.com/2018/01/08/the-smell-of-death-a-lament-for-heidi/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:20:58 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=783 After a long 24 hour bedside vigil, I was finally able to come home, change my clothes and shower. But it’s not over. I’ll go back to her bedside shortly, and breathe in her precious smell until she smells like heaven. I know how this goes. My youngest sister will be the fourth beloved, precious […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2018/01/08/the-smell-of-death-a-lament-for-heidi/feed/ 91 783 Sometimes I wish all my hair would fall out… Discovering the redemptive work of suffering https://cindydeboer.com/2015/06/05/sometimes-i-wish-all-my-hair-would-fall-out-discovering-the-redemptive-work-of-suffering/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sometimes-i-wish-all-my-hair-would-fall-out-discovering-the-redemptive-work-of-suffering https://cindydeboer.com/2015/06/05/sometimes-i-wish-all-my-hair-would-fall-out-discovering-the-redemptive-work-of-suffering/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:20:32 +0000 https://cindykdeboer.wordpress.com/?p=146 My husband recently shared some sad news with me – a 65 yr. old friend of ours has been diagnosed with lung cancer. It was evident my husband was upset by this news, and he started saying something philosophical about the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death…. Blah, blah, blah…. I’m ashamed of […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2015/06/05/sometimes-i-wish-all-my-hair-would-fall-out-discovering-the-redemptive-work-of-suffering/feed/ 8 146 A Thank-you to Cancer and Other Ugly Nasty Diseases https://cindydeboer.com/2014/09/16/a-thank-you-to-cancer-and-other-ugly-nasty-diseases-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-thank-you-to-cancer-and-other-ugly-nasty-diseases-2 https://cindydeboer.com/2014/09/16/a-thank-you-to-cancer-and-other-ugly-nasty-diseases-2/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:20:00 +0000 http://cindykdeboer.wordpress.com/2014/09/16/a-thank-you-to-cancer-and-other-ugly-nasty-diseases-2 My dad was 71 when he was diagnosed with advanced-stage colon cancer.  Because he can be a rather grumpy old man who’s anger and temper are legendary in these parts (he was once evicted from his own high-school basketball game after getting so upset about a referee call that he slammed the ball into the […]

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