Karen R | What We Talk About (When We Talk About Cancer)

An Awakening

Karen R | Patient | 11-16-2014

When I was diagnosed with Breast cancer a few years back, I reacted like most who receive a cancer diagnosis; first thing came to mind was a “death sentence.” However, I found out later that it was truly “an awakening.” Continue…

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POEM: “FEAR”

Karen R | Patient | 09-25-2013

Fear is stated to be, a feeling of harm coming,

to be afraid of, but fear of itself at times,
could be overrated…. Continue…

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This is a place where anyone who counts themselves as a member of the Mass General Cancer Center community --- patient, family member, physician, nurse, researcher, social worker, care giver, administrator --- can come to read, think, and write about the words we all use, but which we don’t always understand in the same way. Often we use words and phrases that are common, that we use every day. Yet, their very familiarity creates the illusion of common understanding where, the fact is, we are frequently using these words in radically different ways, with radically different meanings. In our small way, WWTA is meant to help us work toward a common language and make the conversations we have about cancer more meaningful.

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