Brilliant, as always. I've shared your Substack with several friends, and friends of friends, and am hearing how it's already helping. May your starlight continue to nourish you, and shine on many others.
Rob, thanks so much for sharing - I'm so glad that it is reaching people and even more so that it seems to be helping. So glad that you are a part of this community!
Dear Gina, a friend just shared this with me. I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer (3 large lesions on liver) on Aug. 3 2022 at 51. I’m being treated with FOLFOXIRI with hopes for surgery in the next 3-4 months. I’m so happy to have found you and this newsletter, and can’t wait for more!
I’m sorry to hear about your diagnosis, but sounds like you are on a good path to resection! If you haven’t read this book yet, you may want to; I also have a blog with lots of resources at weareallmadeofstars.net if you feel you need them. And I’m always just a PM away!
Gina, I’ve loved reading all of your posts and updates - not just because I’ve been cheering on your journey. Not just because the experience has personal resonance for me. But also because you’re such a damn. Good. Writer! You bring everything to life in such an effortless, enveloping way! Always so glad to see a post show up.
Thank you - I feel like you and I both write the way we speak, which is why I love reading what you write, even though I feel like I almost never read books! Separately, I know the books you typically review are a lot lighter than this, but if you ever see opportunity to push this particular one or this post to your readers, it is always my #1 recommendation for newly diagnosed patients. : )
You’re kind and right, though you write like you speak as a polished insightful adult whereas I give everyone every ellipse that occurs to me but here we are 🙌🏻
Gina, I love this post. From my spelling bee years, the word remission quickly flashes in my head it’s definition ‘release from obligation’. I read your piece through that lens and at every comma, it felt like you were doing just that. Releasing yourself from tbe obligation of a fight with your own body, and others from the obligation of words that float meaninglessly in social media. Thank you for this lesson. ⭐️🌟✨💫
Brilliant, as always. I've shared your Substack with several friends, and friends of friends, and am hearing how it's already helping. May your starlight continue to nourish you, and shine on many others.
Rob, thanks so much for sharing - I'm so glad that it is reaching people and even more so that it seems to be helping. So glad that you are a part of this community!
Dear Gina, a friend just shared this with me. I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer (3 large lesions on liver) on Aug. 3 2022 at 51. I’m being treated with FOLFOXIRI with hopes for surgery in the next 3-4 months. I’m so happy to have found you and this newsletter, and can’t wait for more!
I’m sorry to hear about your diagnosis, but sounds like you are on a good path to resection! If you haven’t read this book yet, you may want to; I also have a blog with lots of resources at weareallmadeofstars.net if you feel you need them. And I’m always just a PM away!
Gina, I’ve loved reading all of your posts and updates - not just because I’ve been cheering on your journey. Not just because the experience has personal resonance for me. But also because you’re such a damn. Good. Writer! You bring everything to life in such an effortless, enveloping way! Always so glad to see a post show up.
Thank you - I feel like you and I both write the way we speak, which is why I love reading what you write, even though I feel like I almost never read books! Separately, I know the books you typically review are a lot lighter than this, but if you ever see opportunity to push this particular one or this post to your readers, it is always my #1 recommendation for newly diagnosed patients. : )
You’re kind and right, though you write like you speak as a polished insightful adult whereas I give everyone every ellipse that occurs to me but here we are 🙌🏻
I love seeing the emails saying that there is a new post. Keep them coming
Gina, I love this post. From my spelling bee years, the word remission quickly flashes in my head it’s definition ‘release from obligation’. I read your piece through that lens and at every comma, it felt like you were doing just that. Releasing yourself from tbe obligation of a fight with your own body, and others from the obligation of words that float meaninglessly in social media. Thank you for this lesson. ⭐️🌟✨💫
Gah, Preeti, you continue to kill me with your insight. Releasing myself from the expectation that I need to fight is SO ON POINT. Exactly!!
I absolutely love this post. Radical remission is SO you - and it seems like the tenets to strive to live by whether you have cancer or not !