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Rhonda Havig

A poem for 2023

I still haven’t decided on a word for 2023, but I’m getting close. Even while writing a piece for my writing group on New Year’s Day, I just couldn’t settle on anything. More about that later, when I do finally have a word to share. In the…

Scanxiety

Due to the high rate of recurrence, most pancreatic cancer survivors are closely monitored even after there are no longer signs of cancer. This usually involves scans, which tend to result in a great deal of anxiety. Scans + anxiety = scanxiety. And scnaxiety sucks. For those…

Ring the bell!

Today was my last chemo treatment for pancreatic cancer, so I got to ring the bell! It was an exciting day, but it brought some unexpected emotions. Well, this is a surprise For the past five months, I have been running a chemo marathon looking forward to…