Mark Liebenow
@markliebenowwriter.bsky.social
Mark Liebenow writes about nature, cancer, grief and the wisdom of fools. The author of four books, he has had essays, poems, and critical reviews published in numerous literary journals. His work has been named a notable by Best American Essays. #cancer
Writing the Grit of Cancer
As you would expect, people who write for a living are going to write about their cancer. I want to read about the grit of living with cancer, the days of struggle, and the warm rush of hope when a treatment starts working.
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As you would expect, people who write for a living are going to write about their cancer. I want to read about the grit of living with cancer, the days of struggle, and the warm rush of hope when a treatment starts working.
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Writing the Grit of Cancer
Writers with cancer, part 1
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October 4, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Writing the Grit of Cancer
As you would expect, people who write for a living are going to write about their cancer. I want to read about the grit of living with cancer, the days of struggle, and the warm rush of hope when a treatment starts working.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/writing-th...
As you would expect, people who write for a living are going to write about their cancer. I want to read about the grit of living with cancer, the days of struggle, and the warm rush of hope when a treatment starts working.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/writing-th...
Polite Doesn’t Butter My Muffin
After you have cancer, it’s a daily dilemma about how honest to be when people ask how you’re doing. Saying “I’m fine” shares nothing of value. Being polite doesn't get you a long, warm hug. #Cancer #politeness #honesty
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After you have cancer, it’s a daily dilemma about how honest to be when people ask how you’re doing. Saying “I’m fine” shares nothing of value. Being polite doesn't get you a long, warm hug. #Cancer #politeness #honesty
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Polite Doesn’t Butter My Muffin
Being honest about our cancer.
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September 30, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Polite Doesn’t Butter My Muffin
After you have cancer, it’s a daily dilemma about how honest to be when people ask how you’re doing. Saying “I’m fine” shares nothing of value. Being polite doesn't get you a long, warm hug. #Cancer #politeness #honesty
markliebenow.substack.com/p/polite-doe...
After you have cancer, it’s a daily dilemma about how honest to be when people ask how you’re doing. Saying “I’m fine” shares nothing of value. Being polite doesn't get you a long, warm hug. #Cancer #politeness #honesty
markliebenow.substack.com/p/polite-doe...
Lyrical Prostate
Body Beautiful is a collection of poems by Ifor Thomas, a Welsh poet. What makes this book special is that a man actually took the time to write about his prostate cancer, he writes about it well, and it’s humorous at times. markliebenow.substack.com/p/lyrical-pr...
Body Beautiful is a collection of poems by Ifor Thomas, a Welsh poet. What makes this book special is that a man actually took the time to write about his prostate cancer, he writes about it well, and it’s humorous at times. markliebenow.substack.com/p/lyrical-pr...
Lyrical Prostate
Ifor Thomas, prostate cancer
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September 27, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Lyrical Prostate
Body Beautiful is a collection of poems by Ifor Thomas, a Welsh poet. What makes this book special is that a man actually took the time to write about his prostate cancer, he writes about it well, and it’s humorous at times. markliebenow.substack.com/p/lyrical-pr...
Body Beautiful is a collection of poems by Ifor Thomas, a Welsh poet. What makes this book special is that a man actually took the time to write about his prostate cancer, he writes about it well, and it’s humorous at times. markliebenow.substack.com/p/lyrical-pr...
Cafés, Cancer Writing, and Humor
Cafés are therapeutic. Good coffee, bakery items, and a place away where you can imagine a life beyond cancer. Instead of feeling cooped up at home, you’re among people, so you feel connected to the flow of everyday life.
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Cafés are therapeutic. Good coffee, bakery items, and a place away where you can imagine a life beyond cancer. Instead of feeling cooped up at home, you’re among people, so you feel connected to the flow of everyday life.
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Cafes, Cancer Writing, and Humor
cancer humor
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September 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Cafés, Cancer Writing, and Humor
Cafés are therapeutic. Good coffee, bakery items, and a place away where you can imagine a life beyond cancer. Instead of feeling cooped up at home, you’re among people, so you feel connected to the flow of everyday life.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/cafes-canc...
Cafés are therapeutic. Good coffee, bakery items, and a place away where you can imagine a life beyond cancer. Instead of feeling cooped up at home, you’re among people, so you feel connected to the flow of everyday life.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/cafes-canc...
Cancer Is Not My Warp or Weft
Sarah is not her cancer. Cancer is not the warp and weft of her being. Cancer is woven into only part of her life. Cancer is something that happens to you. It’s not something you are, and it’s not the work you choose to do.
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Sarah is not her cancer. Cancer is not the warp and weft of her being. Cancer is woven into only part of her life. Cancer is something that happens to you. It’s not something you are, and it’s not the work you choose to do.
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Cancer Is Not My Warp or Weft
Sarah, melanoma, also a mother, writer, actor, digital creator
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September 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Cancer Is Not My Warp or Weft
Sarah is not her cancer. Cancer is not the warp and weft of her being. Cancer is woven into only part of her life. Cancer is something that happens to you. It’s not something you are, and it’s not the work you choose to do.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/cancer-is-...
Sarah is not her cancer. Cancer is not the warp and weft of her being. Cancer is woven into only part of her life. Cancer is something that happens to you. It’s not something you are, and it’s not the work you choose to do.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/cancer-is-...
Cancer In the Air and Soil Around Us
Sandra Steingraber documents the cancer-causing chemicals in the air, water, and land. 80-90% of cancers are instigated by environmental carcinogens, occupational risk factors, and lifestyle choices. #environmentalcancer
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Sandra Steingraber documents the cancer-causing chemicals in the air, water, and land. 80-90% of cancers are instigated by environmental carcinogens, occupational risk factors, and lifestyle choices. #environmentalcancer
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Cancer In The Air and Soil Around Us
Sandra Steingraber, environmental cancer
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September 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Cancer In the Air and Soil Around Us
Sandra Steingraber documents the cancer-causing chemicals in the air, water, and land. 80-90% of cancers are instigated by environmental carcinogens, occupational risk factors, and lifestyle choices. #environmentalcancer
markliebenow.substack.com/p/cancer-in-...
Sandra Steingraber documents the cancer-causing chemicals in the air, water, and land. 80-90% of cancers are instigated by environmental carcinogens, occupational risk factors, and lifestyle choices. #environmentalcancer
markliebenow.substack.com/p/cancer-in-...
The Compassion of Caregivers
Besides memoirs written by those who have cancer, there are books written by those who take care of those with cancer — the spouses, families, and friends. Bearing witness to the suffering of others takes its own courage.
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Besides memoirs written by those who have cancer, there are books written by those who take care of those with cancer — the spouses, families, and friends. Bearing witness to the suffering of others takes its own courage.
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The Compassion of Caregivers
Empathy, presence, witness.
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August 30, 2026 at 12:48 PM
The Compassion of Caregivers
Besides memoirs written by those who have cancer, there are books written by those who take care of those with cancer — the spouses, families, and friends. Bearing witness to the suffering of others takes its own courage.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/the-compas...
Besides memoirs written by those who have cancer, there are books written by those who take care of those with cancer — the spouses, families, and friends. Bearing witness to the suffering of others takes its own courage.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/the-compas...
Gleason 6 Prostate Cancer
A Gleason 6 indicates your cancer has a low risk of spreading, and the standard approach is to go on active surveillance. Undergoing treatments now to “cure” your cancer could be detrimental to your health.
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A Gleason 6 indicates your cancer has a low risk of spreading, and the standard approach is to go on active surveillance. Undergoing treatments now to “cure” your cancer could be detrimental to your health.
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Gleason 6 Prostate Cancer
Howard Wolinsky
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August 23, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Gleason 6 Prostate Cancer
A Gleason 6 indicates your cancer has a low risk of spreading, and the standard approach is to go on active surveillance. Undergoing treatments now to “cure” your cancer could be detrimental to your health.
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A Gleason 6 indicates your cancer has a low risk of spreading, and the standard approach is to go on active surveillance. Undergoing treatments now to “cure” your cancer could be detrimental to your health.
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The Strength of Women in Cancer
Audre Lorde, breast and liver cancer
“the travesty of prosthesis, the pain of amputation, the function of cancer in a profit economy, my confrontation with mortality, the strength of women loving.” #AudreLorde #breastcancer
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Audre Lorde, breast and liver cancer
“the travesty of prosthesis, the pain of amputation, the function of cancer in a profit economy, my confrontation with mortality, the strength of women loving.” #AudreLorde #breastcancer
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August 16, 2026 at 11:39 AM
The Strength of Women in Cancer
Audre Lorde, breast and liver cancer
“the travesty of prosthesis, the pain of amputation, the function of cancer in a profit economy, my confrontation with mortality, the strength of women loving.” #AudreLorde #breastcancer
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Audre Lorde, breast and liver cancer
“the travesty of prosthesis, the pain of amputation, the function of cancer in a profit economy, my confrontation with mortality, the strength of women loving.” #AudreLorde #breastcancer
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Rabbit Gets Cancer
John Updike, lung cancer
John Updike knew he had cancer for only one month before he died. I found half a dozen poems in his last poetry book, Endpoint and Other Poems (2009). That’s a small amount of material to form any conclusions.
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John Updike, lung cancer
John Updike knew he had cancer for only one month before he died. I found half a dozen poems in his last poetry book, Endpoint and Other Poems (2009). That’s a small amount of material to form any conclusions.
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Rabbit Gets Lung Cancer
John Updike, lung cancer
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August 9, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Rabbit Gets Cancer
John Updike, lung cancer
John Updike knew he had cancer for only one month before he died. I found half a dozen poems in his last poetry book, Endpoint and Other Poems (2009). That’s a small amount of material to form any conclusions.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/rabbit-get...
John Updike, lung cancer
John Updike knew he had cancer for only one month before he died. I found half a dozen poems in his last poetry book, Endpoint and Other Poems (2009). That’s a small amount of material to form any conclusions.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/rabbit-get...
AM I MY BMI?
I have a love/hate relationship with the BMI. Is “hate” too strong a word? There is no love. At every meeting with my oncologist, the notice flashes on the screen – “You’re still overweight, Bozo!”
markliebenow.substack.com/p/am-i-my-bmi
I have a love/hate relationship with the BMI. Is “hate” too strong a word? There is no love. At every meeting with my oncologist, the notice flashes on the screen – “You’re still overweight, Bozo!”
markliebenow.substack.com/p/am-i-my-bmi
August 2, 2026 at 12:23 PM
AM I MY BMI?
I have a love/hate relationship with the BMI. Is “hate” too strong a word? There is no love. At every meeting with my oncologist, the notice flashes on the screen – “You’re still overweight, Bozo!”
markliebenow.substack.com/p/am-i-my-bmi
I have a love/hate relationship with the BMI. Is “hate” too strong a word? There is no love. At every meeting with my oncologist, the notice flashes on the screen – “You’re still overweight, Bozo!”
markliebenow.substack.com/p/am-i-my-bmi
Has Cancer Made You Shallow?
This year is the 20th anniversary of Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics, 2006, by Miriam Engelberg. It recounts her journey from symptoms to diagnosis of breast cancer to chemo to metastatic recurrence.
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This year is the 20th anniversary of Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics, 2006, by Miriam Engelberg. It recounts her journey from symptoms to diagnosis of breast cancer to chemo to metastatic recurrence.
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Has Cancer Made You Shallow?
Miriam Engelberg, breast cancer
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July 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Has Cancer Made You Shallow?
This year is the 20th anniversary of Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics, 2006, by Miriam Engelberg. It recounts her journey from symptoms to diagnosis of breast cancer to chemo to metastatic recurrence.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/has-cancer...
This year is the 20th anniversary of Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics, 2006, by Miriam Engelberg. It recounts her journey from symptoms to diagnosis of breast cancer to chemo to metastatic recurrence.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/has-cancer...
Be a Bird Feeder
Inspiration is a bird feeder. Every day we have to fill it up for it to be helpful. Having cancer is hard. We can use a spark of something to liven up our day. We can also be a bird feeder and share our seeds of inspiration with others.
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Inspiration is a bird feeder. Every day we have to fill it up for it to be helpful. Having cancer is hard. We can use a spark of something to liven up our day. We can also be a bird feeder and share our seeds of inspiration with others.
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Be a Bird Feeder
Inspiration
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July 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Be a Bird Feeder
Inspiration is a bird feeder. Every day we have to fill it up for it to be helpful. Having cancer is hard. We can use a spark of something to liven up our day. We can also be a bird feeder and share our seeds of inspiration with others.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/be-a-bird-...
Inspiration is a bird feeder. Every day we have to fill it up for it to be helpful. Having cancer is hard. We can use a spark of something to liven up our day. We can also be a bird feeder and share our seeds of inspiration with others.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/be-a-bird-...
Healing Begins With Listening
If you’re seeing a primary doctor for the first time, and they don’t let you tell your story about what’s wrong, find a new doctor. The patient-doctor connection needs to be a relationship, not a transaction. Dr. Rita Charon
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If you’re seeing a primary doctor for the first time, and they don’t let you tell your story about what’s wrong, find a new doctor. The patient-doctor connection needs to be a relationship, not a transaction. Dr. Rita Charon
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Healing Begins With Listening
Rita Charon, narrative medicine, part one
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July 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Healing Begins With Listening
If you’re seeing a primary doctor for the first time, and they don’t let you tell your story about what’s wrong, find a new doctor. The patient-doctor connection needs to be a relationship, not a transaction. Dr. Rita Charon
markliebenow.substack.com/p/healing-be...
If you’re seeing a primary doctor for the first time, and they don’t let you tell your story about what’s wrong, find a new doctor. The patient-doctor connection needs to be a relationship, not a transaction. Dr. Rita Charon
markliebenow.substack.com/p/healing-be...
When Do We Become Cancer Survivors?
Survivor, surviving, or treading water. Am I a cancer survivor or still a cancer patient? They are completely different orientations with different mindsets. The treatments designed to kill my cancer are over.
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Survivor, surviving, or treading water. Am I a cancer survivor or still a cancer patient? They are completely different orientations with different mindsets. The treatments designed to kill my cancer are over.
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When Do We Become Cancer Survivors?
surviving cancer
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July 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
When Do We Become Cancer Survivors?
Survivor, surviving, or treading water. Am I a cancer survivor or still a cancer patient? They are completely different orientations with different mindsets. The treatments designed to kill my cancer are over.
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Survivor, surviving, or treading water. Am I a cancer survivor or still a cancer patient? They are completely different orientations with different mindsets. The treatments designed to kill my cancer are over.
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THE STORIES OF PATIENTS
The essays in Bodies of Truth are by people who live with a chronic illness or disability. Published by the University of Nebraska Press, it’s a good companion to Where It Hurts, essays by health care workers by Intima Journal.
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The essays in Bodies of Truth are by people who live with a chronic illness or disability. Published by the University of Nebraska Press, it’s a good companion to Where It Hurts, essays by health care workers by Intima Journal.
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The Stories of Patients
medical narratives
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June 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
THE STORIES OF PATIENTS
The essays in Bodies of Truth are by people who live with a chronic illness or disability. Published by the University of Nebraska Press, it’s a good companion to Where It Hurts, essays by health care workers by Intima Journal.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/the-storie...
The essays in Bodies of Truth are by people who live with a chronic illness or disability. Published by the University of Nebraska Press, it’s a good companion to Where It Hurts, essays by health care workers by Intima Journal.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/the-storie...
Patients Shouldn’t Have To Ask
I have an appointment with my urologist, the first one since my cancer treatments ended. This will be a reality check about the changes in my body I have to live with. He asks “What questions do you have?” #Cancer #questions
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I have an appointment with my urologist, the first one since my cancer treatments ended. This will be a reality check about the changes in my body I have to live with. He asks “What questions do you have?” #Cancer #questions
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Patients Shouldn't Have to Ask
Who asks the questions?
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June 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Patients Shouldn’t Have To Ask
I have an appointment with my urologist, the first one since my cancer treatments ended. This will be a reality check about the changes in my body I have to live with. He asks “What questions do you have?” #Cancer #questions
markliebenow.substack.com/p/patients-s...
I have an appointment with my urologist, the first one since my cancer treatments ended. This will be a reality check about the changes in my body I have to live with. He asks “What questions do you have?” #Cancer #questions
markliebenow.substack.com/p/patients-s...
Cancer Doctors Have Emotions
This is something that I’ve been waiting for — the emotions of a doctor. I discovered the writing of @doclauravater.bsky.social because her essay “Goodbye Stethoscope” was also in the 2025 issue of The Examined Life Journal.
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This is something that I’ve been waiting for — the emotions of a doctor. I discovered the writing of @doclauravater.bsky.social because her essay “Goodbye Stethoscope” was also in the 2025 issue of The Examined Life Journal.
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Cancer Doctors Have Emotions
Laura Vater, oncologist
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June 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Cancer Doctors Have Emotions
This is something that I’ve been waiting for — the emotions of a doctor. I discovered the writing of @doclauravater.bsky.social because her essay “Goodbye Stethoscope” was also in the 2025 issue of The Examined Life Journal.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/cancer-doc...
This is something that I’ve been waiting for — the emotions of a doctor. I discovered the writing of @doclauravater.bsky.social because her essay “Goodbye Stethoscope” was also in the 2025 issue of The Examined Life Journal.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/cancer-doc...
Chew the Gum
For some people, the death of a loved one from cancer is so traumatic that they never want to go through that again. They put a protective barrier around themselves to prevent new pain, but this barrier also prevents others from helping them.
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For some people, the death of a loved one from cancer is so traumatic that they never want to go through that again. They put a protective barrier around themselves to prevent new pain, but this barrier also prevents others from helping them.
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Chew the Gum
It's the pain, don't cha know.
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June 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Chew the Gum
For some people, the death of a loved one from cancer is so traumatic that they never want to go through that again. They put a protective barrier around themselves to prevent new pain, but this barrier also prevents others from helping them.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/chew-the-gum
For some people, the death of a loved one from cancer is so traumatic that they never want to go through that again. They put a protective barrier around themselves to prevent new pain, but this barrier also prevents others from helping them.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/chew-the-gum
Reservations for Nine
Dr. George Beauregard writes about his bladder cancer and his son Patrick’s colon cancer. If you have any of the four symptoms of colon cancer, talk to your doctor: abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhea, iron deficiency. markliebenow.substack.com/p/reservatio...
Dr. George Beauregard writes about his bladder cancer and his son Patrick’s colon cancer. If you have any of the four symptoms of colon cancer, talk to your doctor: abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhea, iron deficiency. markliebenow.substack.com/p/reservatio...
Reservations for Nine
George Beauregard, bladder and colorectal cancer
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May 31, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Reservations for Nine
Dr. George Beauregard writes about his bladder cancer and his son Patrick’s colon cancer. If you have any of the four symptoms of colon cancer, talk to your doctor: abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhea, iron deficiency. markliebenow.substack.com/p/reservatio...
Dr. George Beauregard writes about his bladder cancer and his son Patrick’s colon cancer. If you have any of the four symptoms of colon cancer, talk to your doctor: abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhea, iron deficiency. markliebenow.substack.com/p/reservatio...
Journaling Into the Heart of Your Cancer
If you have cancer, there are days when you bare-knuckle your way through with clenched teeth. What helps us cope is keeping a journal, writing down how we are physically and emotionally doing with all of this.
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If you have cancer, there are days when you bare-knuckle your way through with clenched teeth. What helps us cope is keeping a journal, writing down how we are physically and emotionally doing with all of this.
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Journaling Into the Heart of Your Cancer
Anna Quindlen
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May 24, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Journaling Into the Heart of Your Cancer
If you have cancer, there are days when you bare-knuckle your way through with clenched teeth. What helps us cope is keeping a journal, writing down how we are physically and emotionally doing with all of this.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/journaling...
If you have cancer, there are days when you bare-knuckle your way through with clenched teeth. What helps us cope is keeping a journal, writing down how we are physically and emotionally doing with all of this.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/journaling...
Riffs On Cancer
and other taboo subjects
Those who have cancer don’t need words of sympathy. They need empathy, hugs, and presence.
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and other taboo subjects
Those who have cancer don’t need words of sympathy. They need empathy, hugs, and presence.
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Riffs On Cancer
and other taboo subjects
markliebenow.substack.com
May 17, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Riffs On Cancer
and other taboo subjects
Those who have cancer don’t need words of sympathy. They need empathy, hugs, and presence.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/riffs-on-c...
and other taboo subjects
Those who have cancer don’t need words of sympathy. They need empathy, hugs, and presence.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/riffs-on-c...
Children and Cancer
Carmen Monge’s picture book, Can-Can & the Adventure of Ming Island, shows adults how to explain what is going on to a young child who gets cancer. It shares ideas with families for helping their children navigate through treatments.
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Carmen Monge’s picture book, Can-Can & the Adventure of Ming Island, shows adults how to explain what is going on to a young child who gets cancer. It shares ideas with families for helping their children navigate through treatments.
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Children and Cancer
Carmen Monge-Montero
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May 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Children and Cancer
Carmen Monge’s picture book, Can-Can & the Adventure of Ming Island, shows adults how to explain what is going on to a young child who gets cancer. It shares ideas with families for helping their children navigate through treatments.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/children-a...
Carmen Monge’s picture book, Can-Can & the Adventure of Ming Island, shows adults how to explain what is going on to a young child who gets cancer. It shares ideas with families for helping their children navigate through treatments.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/children-a...
Cancer Patients Are Not Cars
Courses on narrative medicine are offered in some medical schools. They are an important addition to the scientific coursework because they remind future doctors and nurses that they, and their patients, have emotions.
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Courses on narrative medicine are offered in some medical schools. They are an important addition to the scientific coursework because they remind future doctors and nurses that they, and their patients, have emotions.
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Cancer Patients Are Not Cars
The Gift of Narrative Medicine
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May 3, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Cancer Patients Are Not Cars
Courses on narrative medicine are offered in some medical schools. They are an important addition to the scientific coursework because they remind future doctors and nurses that they, and their patients, have emotions.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/cancer-pat...
Courses on narrative medicine are offered in some medical schools. They are an important addition to the scientific coursework because they remind future doctors and nurses that they, and their patients, have emotions.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/cancer-pat...
The Emotions of Medical Folk
What I love about Where It Hurts, among many reasons, is that it shares the emotions of the people who cope with stress, fatigue, and burnout as they care for people who are seriously ill. From the pages of Intima Journal.
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What I love about Where It Hurts, among many reasons, is that it shares the emotions of the people who cope with stress, fatigue, and burnout as they care for people who are seriously ill. From the pages of Intima Journal.
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The Emotions of Medical Folk
Intima Journal
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April 26, 2026 at 12:22 PM
The Emotions of Medical Folk
What I love about Where It Hurts, among many reasons, is that it shares the emotions of the people who cope with stress, fatigue, and burnout as they care for people who are seriously ill. From the pages of Intima Journal.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/the-emotio...
What I love about Where It Hurts, among many reasons, is that it shares the emotions of the people who cope with stress, fatigue, and burnout as they care for people who are seriously ill. From the pages of Intima Journal.
markliebenow.substack.com/p/the-emotio...