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I am fundraising for melanoma research!
A lot of people who are connected with me on social media already know, but I wanted to share the update here. I am incredibly fortunate...
Emily
Aug 2, 20241 min read
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a small summer update
Well, it's been another thousand years or so, but here's a ✨𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓊𝓅𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒✨, because I've been up to some interesting stuff....
Emily
Jun 17, 20242 min read
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a tribute to Murray
In July of 2008, I was living in a slum apartment in Cambridge, MA. My then-boyfriend and I went to the MSPCA in Jamaica Plain and met a...
Emily
Jan 19, 20245 min read
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I am stronger than the foundations of the earth
It's been five months or so since my last update, and part of that is because nothing new has happened on the health side, and the other...
Emily
Nov 30, 20233 min read
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it's been a while
I didn't realize I hadn't updated my blog since January. The reality is that there's just regular life going on these days. Sure, every...
Emily
Jun 19, 20233 min read
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time the past has come and gone
I hope you'll pardon my random updates. There are no new updates concerning my health, but I figured it's probably not a bad thing to...
Emily
Jan 30, 20232 min read
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2022: a pretty good year
Stats as of today: 1 new job acquired 2 diseases stabilized (and/or maybe beat!) 11 singing performances completed 308 miles run 522...
Emily
Dec 14, 20222 min read
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we're singing a new song now
I officially have word from my dear oncologist that I am NED status! I hadn't been able to see her for a long time, not since before her...
Emily
Nov 3, 20222 min read
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you've got the love I need to see me through
I'm kicking myself for not updating earlier, but I have been shouting to all I see in person the results of my most recent MRI and PET...
Emily
Sep 23, 20222 min read
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there will be feasting and dancing
Hello! Today is the one-year anniversary of my diagnosis. So buckle up, I'm going to do a big wordy chapter of what this whole...
Emily
Aug 18, 20226 min read
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the evenings now are relatively easy
Well! I’ve been irredeemably lazy about writing updates, but the truth is I barely think about cancer most of the time these days. It's...
Emily
Jun 20, 20222 min read
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exhale
Hi friends! My updates have gotten fewer and farther between for what I hope is obvious reasons. My health has stabilized, so there's not...
Emily
May 7, 20223 min read
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time may change me, but I can't trace time
Hello! I don't have much in the way of news, which is just as well as I've been feeling so much better these days. Updates make more...
Emily
Apr 10, 20223 min read
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I could sleep
I don’t really have any updates but I do want to write about how great it is to be in the middle of some great singing gigs! Last weekend...
Emily
Mar 26, 20222 min read
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I don't believe in the sun
Here's my pretty darn good post-PET scan update: We weren't able to see my oncologist, unfortunately. My oncologist, I believe, went into...
Emily
Mar 12, 20222 min read
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am I breathing underwater?
Hello! It's been a while, hasn't it? It sure seems like a million years ago. Not much has happened on my end, really, but everything else...
Emily
Mar 4, 20222 min read
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we are stardust, we are golden
I don't have much to update about these days so forgive me if my posts are less frequent, but I do have some teeny tiny news! First is...
Emily
Feb 14, 20222 min read
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rejoice, rebuild, the storm has passed
I haven't been updating because frankly not much has changed. I'm still feeling good, exercising, eating, enjoying the days. But I did...
Emily
Jan 27, 20222 min read
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what a jagged little pill
I don’t really have an update. I guess the only update I have is that it is amazing when you have the right answers and the right plan. I...
Emily
Jan 15, 20222 min read
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where do the busted angels go?
I had plans. Great plans! The first plan I had was to write up a lengthy list of thank yous to the many people who have shown me love...
Emily
Jan 7, 20224 min read
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