Tag Archives: depression

Flayed Alive

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Scorchy

I used to love to enthrall my history students with tales of the Assyrians. They would flay their victims while they were alive and parade them in cages to the next village on their map of conquest in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stage IV Life | Tagged #bcsm, #lifers, advocacy, anger, Attitude, awareness, breast cancer, career, chronic disease, chronic pain, depression, disability, hydration, loss, malaise, roller coaster, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, vulnerability, vulnerable | 20 Comments

Released from Prison

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Scorchy

Where the hell have I been these past few months? Well, ever since my last episode with radiation of a painful bone tumor in my sacrum, I seem to have misplaced my voice. It could likely be lost among my yarn stash, but … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stage IV Life | Tagged breast cancer, breasts, career, compartmentalization, denial, depression, friends, frustration, guilt, knitting, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain, pain management, pain. chronic pain, prison, scan, self-worth, social life, socialization, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, stigma, support, Treatment, vulnerability | 20 Comments

Cancer is Hard When You’re Alone

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Scorchy

I sure do love historical analysis–as you have no doubt observed if you’ve read The Sarcastic Boob with any regularity. Breast cancer is a fascinating subject and fits right into my love of knowledgeable discourse. The implications of gender and … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings | Tagged alone, breast, breast cancer, depression, frustration, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain, pain management, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, stigma, support, Tamoxifen, Treatment, vulnerability | 93 Comments

Stigma

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Scorchy

I never got the whole illness = stigma thing. I know there are a lot of people who make judgments about illnesses and the people who have them, I just never got it. I have depression. And looking back, this … Continue reading →