I feel like I’m in a cage
I feel like I’m in a cage. A cage with no key. There is no escape. I will always feel the bars. My sister visited.
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I feel like I’m in a cage. A cage with no key. There is no escape. I will always feel the bars. My sister visited.
My hair is falling out. In drifts and tangles it comes away. Settling on my pillow, in my hair brush, on my collar, like autumn
The surgeon is patient and kind. “We’ll sort out your breast cancer” he says. I am a bit perplexed thinking “but I don’t have breast
Two years ago exactly I was swollen and tired. Each night I’d arrange pillows around my body, huge and expectant with my long wished for
What music do you choose when you are meeting your oncological surgeon to find out how bad things are? I sit in the waiting room
When I walk I hear it. A faint squeak squeak … reminding me I have unwelcome jewellery. A needle with attendant plastic tubing dangles from
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At age 43, with two children aged 8 and 3, Jo faces a heartbreaking and devastating situation. Right when she should be making early memories with her family, she faces a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. Those memories are soon all her children will have left. #ChallengeAccepted
“It’s my dearest wish that the boys are surrounded by love and support when I’m gone…”
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“I want to live long enough for Lachy and Ben to have meaningful memories of me.”
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