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The Physician God Complex

August 15, 2019August 12, 2020 / Julie A. Roberts / 1 Comment

It’s a very complicated relationship I have with this man; I am simultaneously grateful to him and seriously angry with him. And I am scared to leave him.

Why Cancer Sucks Up All My Time (or what I did so far today)

February 14, 2019August 12, 2020 / Julie A. Roberts / 1 Comment

6:30 am - I wake up in a serious panic because in just 12 more days I will be having both of my breasts surgically removed. Simultaneously I rehash in my mind the fact that, as late as yesterday afternoon, my surgeon’s office had yet to schedule my pending double mastectomy, port removal and sentinel node injection with visual” with the other hospital.

Cancer in 2018 America

November 7, 2018August 12, 2020 / Julie A. Roberts / 1 Comment

I’m halfway through chemotherapy and my vision has drastically worsened. Can’t see out of my contacts and wearing them is suddenly very uncomfortable. Can’t see out of my old eyeglasses either; I’m guessing it’s because the glasses are at least two prescriptions old. Vision changes are sometimes a side-effect of chemotherapy. Yesterday, I went to … Continue reading Cancer in 2018 America

Julie A. Roberts

Julie A. Roberts

Writer, mother, daughter, caregiver, dog person, and longtime Speech-Language Pathologist. Writing about life with metastatic breast cancer, the people I love, and why kindness, fairness, and integrity still matter.

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