chemotherapy – Ruth Stalker-Firth

October 25, 2019 Musings

2019: Top 10 blogs or the story in the stats

I have a big box under my desk which is full of planners and journals and notebooks that I have

July 21, 2013 Musings

Mindfulness: The love within your love

And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself? Rumi Two years ago, I accidentally began to practice

October 3, 2012 Musings

Chemotherapy: The year of my hair

I had six rounds of chemotherapy, every three weeks between March and August 2011. My hair started falling out after the first round and I was completely bald by the third round. It started growing back after the fifth round and three weeks after the last round it was fuzzy, grey and thick and thin along its length.

February 24, 2012 Musings

Experiencing embodiment

Last spring I began six rounds of chemotherapy which changed the relationship between me and my body forever. The chemo