Tag: Cancer

Thanks, Rizz....see ya on the other side

I try not to get too emotionally hooked into individual players on my favorite professional sports teams. That seems like a strange statement from someone who gave his youngest daughter the middle name of a former Chicago Cubs second baseman, but I’m more about the team itself than its players. But, then 2016 happened. How... Read more »
By Howard Moore,
July 30, 2021 at 10:54 am • 

On this Valentine's Day cancerversary, it's time to change the win or lose language of cancer

On this Valentine's Day cancerversary, it's time to change the win or lose language of cancer
Valentine’s Day 2015. As I was towel drying my body after a shower, I caught a peek of my back in the mirror. I noticed this huge mark that I hadn’t seen before. It was an odd-shaped mole. It looked exactly like the one in the above photo. Because I had been doing some research... Read more »
By Howard Moore,
February 14, 2021 at 8:19 am • 

National Cancer Survivor's Day: Celebrate with a side dish of guilt

National Cancer Survivor's Day: Celebrate with a side dish of guilt
It was another #FuckCancer weekend. There are too many of those. On Friday, a friend from high school died after a year of dealing with kidney cancer. He was what you would affectionately call a gentle giant. A big man whose smile would make you smile, no matter your mood. That’s the image we’ll always... Read more »
By Howard Moore,
June 3, 2019 at 10:20 am • 
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National Cancer Survivor's Day: A day of gratitude and why me

National Cancer Survivor's Day: A day of gratitude and why me
  The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) pioneered the definition of survivor as being any person diagnosed with cancer, from the time of initial diagnosis until his or her death. This expansive definition of “survivor” includes people who are dying from untreatable cancer.  Today is the first Sunday in June. It’s the thirty anniversary of National... Read more »
By Howard Moore,
June 3, 2018 at 10:21 pm • 

Don't wait to do something you feel is important because next year is never guaranteed

Don't wait to do something you feel is important because next year is never guaranteed
I was planning a trip to the Phoenix area for last March. I had a few people to see and multiple things to do but at the top of the list was going to see the Cubs in Spring Training. I wanted to watch a practice on their back fields with my fellow blogger/friend John... Read more »
By Howard Moore,
July 31, 2017 at 12:04 am • 

Who is a cancer survivor?

Who is a cancer survivor?
It’s another first Sunday in June. It’s another National Cancer Survivor’s Day. It’s another day of celebration and confusion. This being a survivor thing is not easy. Sure, all of us are happy we’re still here, it definitely beats the alternative. At the same time there’s the guilt. Why were we lucky enough that we’re... Read more »
By Howard Moore,
June 4, 2017 at 12:08 am • 
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Surviving a Cancerversary

Surviving a Cancerversary
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship defines being a survivor as anyone diagnosed with cancer, from the time of their diagnosis until the date of their death. I wish it was that easy. According to the NCCS, today is my two year anniversary of being a survivor. The only reason I remember the exact date is... Read more »
By Howard Moore,
February 14, 2017 at 8:08 am • 

Surviving National Cancer Survivor's Day

Surviving National Cancer Survivor's Day
Happy National Cancer Survivor’s Day! I mean that. It’s a good day to be happy. It’s a good day to be alive and a good thing to celebrate. A lot of people have trouble with the word survivor. I’m one of them. I think it has to do with having a Stage One cancer. It... Read more »
By Howard Moore,
June 5, 2016 at 12:10 am • 

A Happy Cancer Anniversary

A Happy Cancer Anniversary
It started as a FuckCancer kind of day. I know every day can be and is a FuckCancer kind of day but this one is special..at least for me. Today is the one year anniversary of when I had surgery to remove Melanoma. Yeah everything is fine physically but mentally this shit really messes with... Read more »
By Howard Moore,
April 15, 2016 at 10:07 am • 
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You've Come A Long Way, Baby

You've Come A Long Way, Baby
“Cigarettes are killers that travel in packs.”-Mary S. “You’ve come a long way, baby” was the slogan for Virginia Slims cigarettes. They hit the market in 1968. Longer…slimmer, they were targeted towards women. You’d look cooler, hipper smoking one of these. Sure…smoke enough of these and you’d be cooler and hipper in your grave. Tuesday... Read more »
By Howard Moore,
March 3, 2016 at 10:12 am • 
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    Every five years or so I decide to update this section. I can't believe I've been doing this for close to ten years. The last time I did this I was close to sixty years old. Now I'm just a few months away from the big 7-ZERO. Scary AF!!! I'm pretty sure I won't be doing an update when I hit 80, but you never know. But until then, lets just be grateful.

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