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2 days ago
4 min

The Story of the Pink Floral Headband

“Nothing is stronger than custom. (Fac tibi consuescat: nil adsuetudine maius)” ~Ovid There is a little story behind the pink floral head...

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ChrisCutler

7 days ago
2 min

Cracks

Pressure does two things – bursts pipes and creates diamonds. ~ Brian Cook It can happen quite quickly as you're driving down the road: A...

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ChrisCutler

Jul 24
4 min

What You Might Not Know...

It hurts not knowing what to say. ~ Prakhar Sahay In the four-plus months I've been fighting this beast, I have had a tremendous amount o...

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ChrisCutler

Jul 11
3 min

(Insert Expletive Here)

“How do people, like, not curse? How is it possible? There are these gaps in speech where you just have to put a....” ~ Nick Hornby I hat...

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ChrisCutler

Jun 30
4 min

The Bald Truth, II

A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life. ~ Coco Chanel So many questions go through your mind when you know you're going to...

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ChrisCutler

Jun 26
2 min

The Bald Truth

...You don't need hair to kick ass. ~Unknown Let me be honest here. I hate my hair. My hair and I have had a contentious relationship m...

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ChrisCutler

Jun 22
3 min

Straddling Treatments 1 and 2

"So, if I'm cooking, I'll be steaming vegetables..." ~Paul McCartney I have made it through two weeks of post-chemo treatment, 12 days of...

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ChrisCutler

Jun 16
4 min

Carrying On

“Sometimes...just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.” — AlbertCamus "I can't do this." In my mind, I was screaming those four wo...

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ChrisCutler

Jun 11
4 min

Wasted Energy

“Worries are wasted energies.” ~Lailah Gifty Akita For weeks, I worried about about starting chemotherapy. If you have never been through...

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ChrisCutler

Jun 6
2 min

Words

"Words are just words until you give them the power to affect you." ~ Unknown What They Say It will be okay. It's malignant. It's small. ...

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ChrisCutler

May 27
4 min

High Risk Decisions

"Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use ...

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ChrisCutler

May 18
4 min

Always on the Sunny Side

"Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side. Keep on the sunny side of life..." ~Ada Blenkhorn In the three-and-a-half weeks since ...

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ChrisCutler

May 15
3 min

Stop Counting Those Chickens

"Don't count your chickens before they're hatched." ~Aesop It was a kick in the chest that I didn't need. For two weeks, I have been livi...

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ChrisCutler

May 11
2 min

It's Not Her Fault

"It's my fault." ~My Mother I thought about my mother a lot this week as we head toward Mother's Day. I'm glad that she isn't alive to e...

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ChrisCutler

May 7
2 min

All Warriors Have Scars

"Flash me," Dr. El-Eid said as she walked into the exam room yesterday. I complied, and she said she was pleased with my healing. "What d...

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ChrisCutler

May 3
2 min

Tied Up in Knots

Four days out of surgery, I am doing okay....great, even. I arrived at the hospital at 7:30 am, was in surgery at 9:30 am, left the hosp...

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ChrisCutler

May 1
3 min

Out! Out, Damn Spot!

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem..." ~ Unknown When I got to Summerlin Hospital yesterday, I went through the gau...

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ChrisCutler

Apr 29
1 min

Overload

It's the last thing I think of before I fall asleep. It's the first thing I think of when I wake up. I don't like that. I hate that. I wa...

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ChrisCutler

Apr 27
4 min

Bursting My Bubble

FEBRUARY 2020 "Chris, do you know anything about your mammogram yet?" my internist texted me a few hours after my flight from Las Vegas l...

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