Cancer, Chronic Illness and Pain

Victim or Survivor?

I have a cancer survivor friend who has become a victim of the disease. He has…
Form vs Function (revised)

(explicit – sorry mom!) Form vs. Function The conversation went something like this: “It would really…
Phantom Pain

I often refer to my mastectomy as an amputation. This tends to freak people out a…
Tigers Above and Below (blog version)

So often in life we are faced with situations that seem to have no positive outcome…
Happy Anniversary!

This past week is the one in which I choose to celebrate my two-year anniversary of…
Rules Are Meant To Be Broken

(The following is the speech I gave at the Providence Comprehensive Breast Center Tea 10 –…
Jodi Walsh Gomez 1969-2010

Today, October 2 is Livestrong Day – a global day of action set aside by cancer…
I am committed to this…I think

I have commitment issues. Some are the fairly obvious ones demonstrated by never having stayed in…