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Making a list, checking it twice
We ask questions out of curiosity, in order to educate ourselves, sometimes to just to put our mind at ease, or on the contrary, when we...
Tanya Keough
Jul 7, 20183 min read
Corner Consults
She sat in the burgundy reclining chair next to me today. Prior to her walking in and being hooked up to IV chemotherapy, I overheard the...
Tanya Keough
Jul 5, 20183 min read
"Are you ready?"
I've been asked that a lot these days. Asked by friends, family and even patients before I left work. But yesterday, those words were...
Tanya Keough
Jul 4, 20182 min read
Surrender. I dare you.
When my mom died at 15, people would say "I don't know how you can still go to school, take part in sports and still find joy. I just...
Tanya Keough
Jun 9, 20182 min read
Get your cavity checked
I was ready. As ready as one can be to start a six month, three drug chemotherapy regimen. Mentally, I was informed, focused on my first...
Tanya Keough
Jun 5, 20182 min read
Night Sweats or just a hot night?
I remember learning about the "B symptoms" of lymphoma and cancer during medical school. You hear it time and time again, "If you suspect...
Tanya Keough
Apr 22, 20183 min read
Three for Three
Harvest has come to a close - for the first season! I would have written yesterday, the day of my harvest (!) but I have to admit, I was...
Tanya Keough
Dec 6, 20172 min read
Can I take that back?
Remember how yesterday I wrote something like..."I haven't had any meltdowns yet..."well, can I take that back? I had a meltdown. I had...
Tanya Keough
Dec 2, 20172 min read
Day 9 - Is it Harvest yet?
Day 9, I've made it. Unfortunately, not a lot of follicles have been pumped out of my ovaries, as readily as I had hoped. I knew going...
Tanya Keough
Dec 1, 20172 min read
Preparing for Harvest - Day 3
Wowza. Day 3, I'm doin' it. Nightly injections, minimal caffeine, no wine, just preparation. I'm feeling good, though as I write this...
Tanya Keough
Nov 26, 20171 min read
"The Harvest"
Many times over my life I've been in situations or circumstances that I had read about or heard others enduring, over and over again...
Tanya Keough
Nov 21, 20172 min read
No Dress Rehearsal
Perhaps watching a heart wrenching interview between Gord Downie and Peter Mansbridge, not long before the frontman's death, led me to...
Tanya Keough
Oct 25, 20173 min read
Iron Fortified
The relentless fatigue that plagued me after I ran my half marathon and carried on one weekend later following the Cabot Trail Relay was...
Tanya Keough
Jun 29, 20174 min read
The Comforts of Home
We all have associations with the place(s) we call home. For some, it is the simple comfort in knowing there are people with whom you...
Tanya Keough
Jun 26, 20172 min read
Liberties and Limitations
Here I am, two days after a half marathon (thats when I wrote the bulk of this post) - hobbling, exhausted from the inside out and just...
Tanya Keough
May 28, 20174 min read
Don't disregard the demons!
In retrospect, I suppose if had I written this entry even four days ago it would probably sound very different. I’m on the plane right...
Tanya Keough
Apr 25, 20175 min read
Going the Extra Mile
I've learned and gone through so much throughout this journey already, that I often find it hard to sit and articulate my thoughts to...
Tanya Keough
Mar 26, 20178 min read
Adjusting the Sails
I've taken a writing hiatus over the past few weeks. Writers Block? Perhaps. I think this latest storm I call "Tropic of Cancer" just...
Tanya Keough
Mar 14, 20174 min read
First class tickets
"Are you sure you're ready to go back to work?! Its only been three days since your bone marrow biopsy and diagnosis!" I was asked this...
Tanya Keough
Feb 12, 20174 min read
How did I get here?
As I said earlier, the first time I sat on “the other side,” for reals, - not merely for a prescription refill, an immigration medical to...
Tanya Keough
Feb 10, 20179 min read
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