The Accidental Amazon

The Long and Winding Road Despite rumors to the contrary, I don’t get paid to spread snark — and what I like to think is the occasional trenchant commentary — throughout the land. I wish! No. What I get paid to do, four days a week now, is to work as a physical therapist for [...]

News Flash: Cancer Fatigue Is Real A few days before my recent birthday, I saw a headline for a new research study which announced, “Breast Cancer Fatigue Is Real.” While I’m always glad to see more research into the causes of this pernicious scourge, my first reaction was to think, ‘Well, no shit. I could [...]

GPS for Survivors — Where are we? I’m about to make another “man-on-the-moon” statement: If we can put a man on the moon, how come we don’t do a better job of helping cancer survivors survive? In fact, this picture on the left is from the website for Garmin.com, and illustrates all 24 of the [...]

I would have written a blog post a few weeks ago, at the beginning of October, but I was just too tired from work. Since then, I’ve wanted several times to write, but I was overwhelmed by a surfeit of potential topics. Every time I thought I knew what I’d focus on, some fresh muck [...]