by Beth DeLong | Last updated Dec 3, 2023 | Cancer Journey
My radiation was put on hold for two days. Two days further behind schedule because my radiation marks had shifted and warped. Rather than a thin, straight line so my doctor could pinpoint my treatment down to the millimeter, I had a pudgy, drunken curve...
by Beth DeLong | Last updated Dec 3, 2023 | Cancer Journey
Along the Jersey Shore lies the modest, charming town of Ocean Grove. Its small-town feel and Victorian architecture seem a direct contrast to the stereotypical notion of a Jersey beach town. And yet this town, with its humble beginnings as a Methodist campsite in...
by Beth DeLong | Last updated Dec 3, 2023 | Cancer Journey, Crafty Eunice
Knitting is one of those activities that can easily shift from the general category of “hobby” to something deeper, a coping mechanism, without your ever becoming aware of the change. Somewhere it transitions from knitting for fun to knitting for healing. For...
by Beth DeLong | Last updated Dec 3, 2023 | Adventure After Diagnosis
I have friends who have traveled to countless countries, camping their way through Africa or in the jungles of India. They’ve navigated the terrain on their own without a guide or knowledge of the language. And each time they’ve returned home in one piece and with an...
by Beth DeLong | Last updated Dec 3, 2023 | Cancer Journey
Tell any woman she’ll have to have chemotherapy and one of her first thoughts will be about chemo hair loss. We live in a society where a lot of feminine identity is based on our hair. Is it long enough? Straight enough? Curly enough? Too gray? Too wild? You don’t...
by Beth DeLong | Last updated Dec 3, 2023 | Cancer Journey
Can we just be honest for a minute? How many of you actually wore deodorant after your first couple weeks of radiation? Because for serious y’all, wearing deodorant on sore armpits is hard! When I first started radiation treatment I wore deodorant,...