Author Archives: Heather Thompson Buum

After my cancer diagnosis, and I might say after the initial shock wore off, I was impressed by how my children–ages 8 and 11 at the time–asked such great questions and often had mature and thoughtful insights into the situation. Their resilience, together with their questions and comments reminded me of that old saying, “OutContinue reading “Out of the Mouths of Babes, Again”

Every now and then, I have a word or a phrase that I can’t get out of my mind, sort of like a song that plays over and over in your head, also known as the “earworm.” A few years ago, it was that infamous c-word in medicine: cancer.  After my diagnosis, it floated aroundContinue reading “The New “C-Word””