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Toronto Star personal essay
After cancer the fear never leaves you, but she’s fighting back In 1988, I celebrated my thirty-first birthday in a hospital bed, convinced it would be my last. Days earlier, I’d woken from a coma after two grand mal seizures—caused by three months of chemotherapy for the rare leukemia [...]
CBC Radio: This Happened to Me (video)
I walked the Camino to celebrate 25 years of survival Soon after my essay was broadcast on The Sunday Edition, a CBC video producer approached me for their new YouTube series, This Happened to Me, about pivotal moments in people's lives. My life-changing Camino de Santiago story is now [...]
Birthday Celebration
Thirty-one years ago, I celebrated my birthday in a hospital bed; positive it would be my last. Days earlier, I’d woken from a coma after two grand mal seizures caused by three months of chemotherapy for the rare leukemia that had invaded my body. Doctors used the word “grim.” [...]
CBC Radio: The Sunday Edition (broadcast)
A pilgrim's journey: This woman hiked hundreds of kilometres to find peace They say the Camino calls you and you walk when you're ready, when you need it most. October of 2013 was that time for me. I was celebrating the 25-year anniversary of my cancer survival and I had [...]
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