Comments on: “Hair:” An Excerpt from the “Living Through Chemo” Chapter of Fight Like Susan

By: AKChick

AKChick — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:01:57 +0000

@JeffDieffenbach I know I am! :)

By: Jeff Dieffenbach

Jeff Dieffenbach — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:28:12 +0000

Is anyone else disturbed by the lack of grammartalk?

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:07:38 +0000

Oh this book is going to be so good and have all the feels.

Could you please put together a Patreon so I can donate money monthly? It’s my favorite way to sponsor writers. http://www.patreon.com

By: MBunge

MBunge — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:59:41 +0000

My wife asked me to shave her hair shortly after she started her first chemo. She didn’t want to look at bald spots and patchy hair. But seeing her without hair was a slap in the face: her cancer was real and here was the evidence. It had to be done, but it still haunts me to this day.

As I relive my experience through yours, I’m reminded of how close her illness brought us; we didn’t squander the good days and have always felt we packed more “living” into those too-few years we had together than many couples do in 50 years of marriage.

Thank you for writing this book, Elden.

By: Mark in Bremerton

Mark in Bremerton — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:55:18 +0000

I have two cousins who both underwent chemo last year. The guy had a full head of hair and a long beard (think Gandalf in the Hobbit). I guess they had “fun” cutting it all off of each other. They are both now recovering and growing it back.

I posted a comment on the TrainerRoad article about how my wife and I solved the training together puzzle. I won’t bug you again about it here, but it rhymes with random.

By: Shugg McGraw

Shugg McGraw — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:56:10 +0000

Hard reading but good. Looking forward to an excerpt on ‘how to talk to someone with cancer’. Your interview with Doug Ulman set out the problem but didn’t provide any answers that I can remember. Sooner rather than later would be helpful.

By: wharton_crew

wharton_crew — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 02:44:01 +0000

I loved the excerpt. It sounds like Susan was thinking of others even when she must have been freaked out completely herself. As the caregiver, how often did you find yourself “taking charge to solve the problem du jour”, even though the right answer would have probably been to just hold her while she cried for a while?

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 01:08:21 +0000

Book ordered! I thought there was a way to throw ‘a little extra’ in the purchase, as I really admire what you are doing. Maybe I will look back through prior posts to see if you had a link (or maybe I am losing my mind).

Keep it up!

By: miles archer

miles archer — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 21:20:25 +0000

I’m not sure that woman from star trek was a robot.

If my wife ever needs chemo, I’m shaving my head. Not that there’s a lot left to shave at this point.

Nice work so far!

By: Joe from COS

Joe from COS — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:40:12 +0000

I can’t imagine how emotionally draining this is to write. I am doing what I can to support.

On a lighter note, I had a chance to wear full Team Fatty kit on a quick after work 15 mile ride yesterday. It was 40 degrees and windy, and the fleece long sleeve jersey was awesome. But the funny part is, I was stopped at a red light, and someone rolled down their window and asked “Is that your website?” (I’ve got 40 pounds on you, so its a legitimate question I suppose) I just laughed and yelled back, “I’m A fat cyclist, not THE Fat Cyclist” He laughed. I laughed. Good times.