by Nicole Cooper | Mar 19, 2020 | Cancer, Survival, Uncategorized
I share my cancer life. Everything that is blunt and real about my health crisis is out there for public consumption. It has been from the start. It was a decision that seemed obvious to me when I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2017. How many brand-new mums...
by Nicole Cooper | Aug 15, 2019 | Cancer, Survival
It is fading all the time. The fear, the fragility. The pain and loss. It has been days, and then it has been weeks, since I was enveloped by the emotion and paralysed by the fear. And for some moments I really truly completely forget. I am peaceful. Laughing with...
by Nicole Cooper | Oct 31, 2018 | Cancer, Survival
I slumped against the wall in my wardrobe, and my troubled head found a welcome rest on the doorframe. I was waiting. For the racks of corporate wear to materialise an outfit that I would feel comfortable in. Watching. The hems of skirts and dresses sway back and...
by Nicole Cooper | Sep 13, 2018 | Cancer, Survival
Do you remember? When everything you ever wanted in this world was exactly what you have right now? I came across this statement last week. It rang in my head with such a haunting echo that I had to read it twice. So hey, why not. Do you remember? When everything you...
by Nicole Cooper | Jul 21, 2018 | Cancer, Survival
There is a particular intersection in Melbourne that simply reeks of cancer. For me. I guess it wouldn’t for most people. For most people, it is where an unremarkable local street meets an endoscopy centre and a cemetery. For me, it is the beginning of all of this....
