For embarrassment, against death

Health anxieties, hypochondria, the gift of wanting to live

You don’t say “lump” in cancer remission the same way you don’t say “baby” in early pregnancy.

You don’t want to court a recurrence the same way you don’t want to court a miscarriage. Time will tell, you tell yourself. Or, if you’ve had recurrences or miscarriages before, the doctor will tell. I will get the biopsy or hCG levels read. I will get confirma…