Patients

Dancing Through the Rain with Cancer

Words painted on the wall of my first infusion center. I never imagined how much power and importance these words would have in my life that first day I sat in an infusion chair for my eight-hour long infusion of alpha interferon, intron A.

War With Cancer

Brain cancer kills. It kills in just more than one way. It slowly started to kill me in 2019. It gave me a glimpse of Death, face to face with his beckoning eyes. He was elated that he could inscribe my name in his book of souls.

Anxiety Stream

There’s a lyric from Snoh Aalegra’s song “Violet Skies” that goes “I’ve always been a worrier, but I’ll always be a warrior”. For some reason, that lyric stuck with me when I started my cancer journey.

It Never Goes Away

I learned a word this week. Want to know what it was? Propitious. It means favorable, or something indicating a good chance of success; in other words, it means a good omen.

To you baba, I live

When my father was diagnosed with lung cancer, I knew I would also fall sick, very soon. Six months later, I started feeling a growing lump but thought that maybe it’s some sort of hormonal change.

Dear Younger Self

Younger Brooke,

Hi love, it’s you… future you. I wanted you to know that on October 26th, 2024– you will get a phone call that wakes you up.

Breathe

Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. Inhale, exhale. Breathing is something we take for granted. It’s a given. It’s something you don’t even have to think about, But the minute you do start thinking about it, It becomes as if you have never taken a breath before. Like it is something […]

Redefining the Best Years of My Life

“College was the best four years of my life.” This sentiment has been drilled into my brain since birth.

a life forgotten

I grieve every life. I could have lived these past years. I miss who I was.

What I Wish MyChart Notifications Told Me

I wish someone told me that doing my best each day is enough. I don’t have to be some superhero and maintain the capacity I had before cancer crept into my life.