Yo, Sean! I'm 100% in - I'm about to go to the gym, but message me the details and we can figure something out. Really appreciate you thinking of me, and I'm always down to help out fellow cancer bros 💪🏻

Absolutely. First game with no subs down; victory achieved. Hit a half-court shot to end the first half for good measure. Still feel old 😂

I went to nearly 100 appointments in 14 months during my first diagnosis. I’ve probably been to like… 40-50 this last year. Wild times.

Does cancer turn out not to be fine some of the time?!

Toxic positivity is so weird. It doesn't have to be polarized. Like... we can acknowledge that it sucks and is unfair, and that we're going to do the best we can while building in downside and diversions to our plan.

Alternatively, "you got this!", or "Nah, you're gonna be fine!" 🙄

I agree with this - I essentially trust my oncologist implicitly, but I get a second opinion (at least) about everything, because my trust is in his intent and baseline knowledge, and not that he gets it right every time.

... and if they can see this example, it might give them more resolve and less stress.

3) If I keep having to celebrate monthly, quarterly, yearly milestones, that means I'm still alive.

Not the worst!

#thankscancer #melanoma #mentalhealth #fuckcancer #cansky #oncosky

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over as recently as 20 years ago. Modern science is excellent!

2) My case is an example of 'great' but not 'best' case scenarios. I've gotten a hyper-aggressive, historically deadly disease and treated it 3 times. Someone out there is being diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma as I type this...

Oh, man... I'm a binge eater for sweets, and I do it somewhat often. Luckily my caloric maintenance hovers around 3k-3500 depending on what I'm doing, so I can get away with some shenanigans 😬

I have some similar celebration mechanisms built in. Might be time to take a trip down to the donut shop lol

The same way we all celebrate good news: playing basketball 😂