A couple weeks ago, I was on The Stupid Cancer Show. We had a great talk about what patients can do to influence the legislative process in Washington, and the three hosts all promised to call their members of Congress. I haven’t had a chance to listen to the subsequent show in full, but what [...]
Mon, October 19 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
You know what sucks? Being sick. You know what sucks more than that? Getting sick when you’re already sick. I spent the weekend suffering and now recuperating from some sort of upper respiratory infection. I knew I was coming down with it by Saturday afternoon, but spent an ambitious evening out anyway. By the time [...]
Mon, October 19 2009 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment
From 2003 to 2006, maybe even into 2007, I was more or less sick full time, and everything else in my life was secondary to trying to get well. Being sick compressed my time horizon: I couldn’t look any farther into my future than six months. Part of the problem was the non-trivial chance that [...]
Fri, October 16 2009 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment
Patients for a Moment is coming home! I am hosting it here, on this very blog, next week. The deadline for submissions is midnight on Sunday, Oct 18th. If you have a post you want included, please send it to me at dx@duncancross.net . Include: 1. Your name 2. Your blog’s name 3. Your post’s [...]
Thu, October 15 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
October, in case you had not noticed, is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Everyone will know you are a misogynist unless you paint your house pink and wear only pink clothes and dye your pets pink for the duration of the month. I am already on record with my views on the subject – here [...]
Mon, October 12 2009 » Uncategorized » No Comments
I have not been my usual blogonymous self lately, and as a result this site has suffered. I feel as though I owe an explanation for my whereabouts. First, I have been adjusting to Paxil – which had for a while the strange effect of making me kind of apathetic about anything that wasn’t urgently [...]
Fri, October 9 2009 » Uncategorized » 8 Comments
A novel crime against decency by Duncan Cross
