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Just here to yell into the Twitter void.

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@McDonalds @Mythical - has Rhett heard the glorious news?

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@annabananaa15 It’s honestly a skill that is very marketable 😂😂

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@annabananaa15 @bridgerton @cclover93 SHE IS SO PRETTY!!!!!!!!! 😭💕😭

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

The first conversation I had with my oncologist, we were just talking about his experiences as a doctor (which...awesome, it was very good to get know him a bit) and I ended up asking if people ever decide to not follow his advice.

He said yes, and he looked very sad and then he told me that every single one of conversations are going to be with him forever.

What a very hard thing that must be...to have someone turn down your advice...to not get chemo, or exit the treatment early, only to come back and find that now the prognosis is much worse and the treatment plan much less clear.

It seemed to me that, at least in part, he felt his inability to keep them on the treatment path was a personal failure. I wish I could take that guilt away from him, because it's not his fault. We're all susceptible to simple stories that give us back a sense of control, even if it's an illusion. And sometimes people cannot be convinced...and sometimes that's deadly.

I'm very grateful that my worldview meshes well with the most effective paradigms. I didn't get that because I'm smart, I got it by the luck of my upbringing. And if ever a doctor tells you that you need chemo...there will almost certainly be people in your life who tell you that you should try alternatives instead.

You. Should. Not.

You can and should do acupuncture and restorative yoga and aromatherapy and eat less sugar and whatever other things help you. But do those things AND get the treatment recommended by your oncologist. Cancer patients have control, it's just a different kind of control than we're used to, and it can be disruptive to an identity to submit to that lack of control. But that's just...having a body, and I'm very happy that I get to have a body.

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@annabananaa15 Same 😩

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

This is America. This is the cost of inaction.

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@annabananaa15 It looks really good!

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@annabananaa15 YOU ARE GOING TO GET THIS JOB!!!!!

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@humanbuttwipe I just wanted the full time spot after holiday OK?! 😂😂😂

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@humanbuttwipe Changing my address immediately.

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@humanbuttwipe I really hope I don't think about this later today 🙃.

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@humanbuttwipe WHAT??

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@humanbuttwipe Ok but like…how much acreage are we talking?

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@humanbuttwipe Just hand them a spoon and watch the show.

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@humanbuttwipe You are becoming one of them!! No Jodi NOOO!!! Do not fall into the minion trap!

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@LipstickJodi @humanbuttwipe I know, and I just feel that I have to stay for the sake of the cats, but is this really something anyone should have to live with?

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@cclover93 Yeah, about once every two years. I have it for about three months and then I suddenly hate it.

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@Mythical What a “Golden Birthday” was 😂 @cclover93

[Em @EmmaColleen31]

@annabananaa15 I’m so damn proud of you 💕