Tag Archives: anger

Flayed Alive

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Scorchy

I used to love to enthrall my history students with tales of the Assyrians. They would flay their victims while they were alive and parade them in cages to the next village on their map of conquest in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stage IV Life | Tagged #bcsm, #lifers, advocacy, anger, Attitude, awareness, breast cancer, career, chronic disease, chronic pain, depression, disability, hydration, loss, malaise, roller coaster, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, vulnerability, vulnerable | 20 Comments

After the Crisis, Ambiguity

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Scorchy

Since August I have been struggling to write. Writer’s block would be the easy explanation. But as reality has it, there is so much more going on. For the first year of my diagnosis I scorched Earth with my posts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Career Conundrums, My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings | Tagged ambiguity, anger, breast, breast cancer, Cancer Culture, career, co-pays, denial, Diagnosis, finances, Letrozole, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, oncologist, optimism, pain management, pink ribbon, retirement, retirement savings, scan, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, Treatment, vulnerability, writer's block | 41 Comments

Where’s the Empathy?

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Scorchy

I have to tell you, every twist and turn of this cancer experience always reveals something new. There is the physical stuff: physiology, biology, and chemistry. There is the psychological stuff: fear, resolve, sadness. happiness, and uncertainty. And then there … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, My Stage IV Life | Tagged advocacy, anger, Attitude, breast cancer, chronic disease, discussion boards, discussion groups, fear, frustration, Inspire, judgment, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Philosophy, Politics, rage, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, stigma, support, vulnerability | 20 Comments

Sadistic Dumb Little Fucks

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Scorchy

I am a person who tends to live in the present; and it has its good points. For one thing, you generally treat yourself well. If I want to veg in my pajamas all day, I do it. If I … Continue reading →

Posted in Discovery and Stage II | Tagged anger, Attitude, Biopsy, breast, breast cancer, cancer cell, carcinoma, Death Star, Diagnosis, estrogen, germ theory, Treatment, vulnerability | 4 Comments

BREAK CANCER’S F@#KING FACE

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Scorchy

Its just one of those days Feelin’ like a freight train First one to complain Leaves with the blood stain Damn right I’m a maniac You better watch your back Cuz I’m fuckin’ up your program And if you’re stuck … Continue reading →