by Maggie Van Duyn | Apr 3, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Legacy List, Making Lemonade, Metastatic Disease, Positive thinking
Spoiler alert: Nobody knows how the universe works. I know. You thought I was going to give you the key to the city. Sorry. At the beginning of March, I learned that my liver lesions had decreased in size by practically 50%! This is huge! The doctors have never given...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Feb 26, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Metastatic Disease, Scanxiety, Stage IV
I have four blog posts started and unfinished because I can’t get my head on straight. Anyone else feel unsettled? I know it’s not just me. I’ve got this weight of pending business sitting on my chest. It’s anxiety, I’m sure, but due to what? My life contains such a...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Jan 1, 2018 | #maggiesbrightside, Death
Bye 2017. You sucked. Month after month you provided heartache and stress. You will go down as one of the most horrific and horrendous times in my life. You came in like a lion, gave a mid-year roar and then sucked a big fat one on the way out. Fuck you. I have no...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Dec 15, 2017 | #maggiesbrightside, Breast Cancer, Legacy List
Here it is. My bucket list. Writing a bucket list when you already take life by the massively huge horns feels kind of funny. These are more like memories I want to make with my friends and family. It’s a Legacy List, a memory-making list, if you will. In fact, I’m...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Dec 5, 2017 | Breast Cancer
Maybe this cancer is not teaching a lesson about learning how to live. I do that well. Everyone can see that I know how to live well. I love and embrace and say “yes” to life. That is not a question. Maybe this cancer is teaching a lesson about how to die. Let me be...
