The Uneasy Grace of Healing: Reflections on a Decade with Cancer
It’s been ten years since cancer entered my life, challenging my understanding of illness, healing, and identity.
As a physician turned patient, I’ve learned that survival isn’t a finish line, but a state of being that reshapes how we inhabit our bodies and stories.
This is the tenth anniversary of my diagnosis with prostate cancer.
I resist the idea of being a survivor, as it suggests an "otherness" and implies a journey or holiday from everyday life, rather than a transformation of it.
Author's summary: Reflections on a decade with cancer.
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