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Washington Post
3 days ago
- Health
- Washington Post
How I told my family and friends about my cancer
You've just found out you have a life-threatening disease. Whom do you tell? And what the heck do you tell them? Figuring this out has been both perplexing and illuminating. In this installment of what I call my 'living with dying' series, I'm going to share how I told my friends about my terminal diagnosis. As with all of these pieces, one size does not fit all. But I hope others might snag something useful from it.
Washington Post
4 days ago
- Health
- Washington Post
Asking Eric: Parent worries past struggles caused daughter's body image issues
Dear Eric: By the time I was 8, I knew something was wrong with me. Babies that couldn't be told not to would stare at my odd face. Sometimes I'd catch adults doing the same. It made me very uncomfortable. I felt sick all of the time. No one knew why, but as a teen my deformities spread, and I had to have two grueling surgeries for spinal abnormalities. Afterward, I came up with elaborate ways to make up my face, do my hair and dress to disguise my oddities
