What to do when cancer isn't ruining your summer...
BY Laura Yeager
PUBLISHED June 23, 2018
As well as being a cancer blogger, Laura Yeager is a religious essayist and a mental health blogger. A graduate of The Writers’ Workshop at The University of Iowa, she teaches writing at Kent State University and Gotham Writers’ Workshop. Laura survived cancer twice.
For the last two summers, I spent my days recuperating from major surgeries. The first surgery was in 2016; it was an operation to remove an angiosarcoma from my right breast. The second surgery was in 2017. That summer I had a total hysterectomy and had to spend three weeks afterwards with a catheter and a urine bag attached to my body. They were rough summers.
This summer, the summer of 2018, I find myself healthy. I am a little surprised that there is no need for a surgery of any kind. I am finding myself letting down from the horrific strain of the last two summers. I am relaxing. Since I don't have any major health concerns at this time, I'm also reflecting on how lucky I am to be alive.
This summer, the summer of 2018, I find myself healthy. I am a little surprised that there is no need for a surgery of any kind. I am finding myself letting down from the horrific strain of the last two summers. I am relaxing. Since I don't have any major health concerns at this time, I'm also reflecting on how lucky I am to be alive.
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