by Admin | Jan 4, 2019 | Cancer
Today’s guest post was written by by Alix Gibson. It is brought to you by our Sponsor, Blissful Healing. Blissful Healing provides funding for Maggie’s Brightside as a Super Generous Sponsor. Maggie Card holders receive 10% off all treatments at Blissful...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Sep 24, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Cancer, Death, Progression, Uncategorized
Inquiring minds want to know and I want to let the cat out of the bag so here’s what’s going on with my cancer treatment . My last CT scan on August 16th, 2018 was not good. My cancer continues to spread. The left lobe of my liver is almost completely covered with...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Aug 17, 2018 | Cancer, Children, Love, Metastatic Disease, Stage IV
Do you like summer? Are you ready for your kids to go back to school, or could you use a few more months? I love summers, but my past few have been a little rough. The summer prior to my diagnosis was the best summer of my life. Last summer was the worst; starting...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Jun 16, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Cancer, Children
I have a guest writer this week. I asked this author if I could publish her piece of work and after balking, she demanded I double her allowance for payment and then gave me full publication rights. I’m publishing this poem because I think it’s important...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Feb 14, 2017 | anger, Cancer, Mastectomy, Metastatic Disease, Scanxiety
Dearest Amy Schumer, I’m coming to Montreal to see you on Friday, February 17th and I wanted to tell you that I’m going to need you to make an exceptionally funny show for me and the thousands of people who will also be attending your show. I mean, I know that you are...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Feb 3, 2017 | anger, Cancer, Fear
Vermont Gas Company came to inspect our furnace. The furnace looks great and is running well, but the gas guy noticed that we did not have a chimney liner. Like a normal home owner, I asked how much it would cost and he replied, “around $3,000.” Then I stopped acting...
