Cancer Is A Disease of Feelings

Daniel Malito- All the feels. Cancer, and especially blood cancer, is so dependent on feelings that I wouldn’t be surprised to see it sitting on the couch with a pint of ice cream, wrapped in a Snuggie (also known as a slanket) watching Lifetime. So much of what we experience as cancer patients, and how we determine what’s happening to us, comes from the feels we experience that it’s difficult to put what’s happening into words for the benefit of other people. This is something that is difficult for anyone who hasn’t lived it to understand about blood cancer, and cancer in general. “Today is going to be a bad day.” “Oh, why? How do you know?” “Umm, I just know. I can feel it.” How many times have you had an exchange like that in... Read more