"It’s been to document and map myself, keep myself, make myself." I love the idea of writing as the creation of a personal mythology. Even in the most difficult of times, that mythology is worthy of creation as it is part of a vaster tapestry.
I find very interesting the idea that you actually are cancer, currently, but also more than cancer. I think about how this idea relates to chronic and auto immune diseases, because one becomes that forever, not just for a period of time, but you also are more than just that, all the time. Thanks for sharing your process!
I find it much more fulfilling to read about the various - yet unique - experiences of illness, than reading my medical lectures. Disease is my study material, the main character: we define it, document it, understand it, treat it. But, beyond the books, there's no such thing as a disease on its own. It's someone. Always. Thank you so much for sharing Sophie.
"It’s been to document and map myself, keep myself, make myself." I love the idea of writing as the creation of a personal mythology. Even in the most difficult of times, that mythology is worthy of creation as it is part of a vaster tapestry.
I find very interesting the idea that you actually are cancer, currently, but also more than cancer. I think about how this idea relates to chronic and auto immune diseases, because one becomes that forever, not just for a period of time, but you also are more than just that, all the time. Thanks for sharing your process!
I find it much more fulfilling to read about the various - yet unique - experiences of illness, than reading my medical lectures. Disease is my study material, the main character: we define it, document it, understand it, treat it. But, beyond the books, there's no such thing as a disease on its own. It's someone. Always. Thank you so much for sharing Sophie.
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Oh Sophie - you never cease to amaze me!!