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    Another Day, Another Tumor. Maybe.

    written by Celeste Noelani

    If I was hoping for some kind of vacation – even temporary – from pain after surgery, my nerves had other ideas. Just a few weeks after coming home from the…

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    May 22, 2017 4 comments
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    Three Weeks Without My Tumor

    April 18, 2017

    And so, it is gone. From the moment I woke up in the recovery room, I knew the procedure had improved my life. And with the giddy rush of Dilaudid making the absence of…

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    Hey Look! Our Polynesians’ Review of “Moana” is on Strange Horizons

    February 15, 2017

    A lot of non-Islander folks have asked me if I liked Disney’s Moana and what I thought of how they handled Pacific Islander culture. It’s difficult to gauge how I should, or want to, or am…

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    My Body Is Not A Good Body

    February 10, 2017

    From my bed I hear the sounds of our usual family chaos. My daughter gallops across the living room floor, shaking the ceiling above me. There are downsides to a basement…

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    Thank You, Brain Meds! (And Incredibly Caring Mental Health Care Professionals)

    February 4, 2017

    The last time I was on any kind of medication to treat my depression was before I got pregnant with the baby who is now a junior in high school. It’s not…

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    The Kindergartners Rise Up At Recess

    January 31, 2017

    Last week, my five-year-old exclaimed that Donald Trump was the worst president of her entire life. She also had a few other choice words and I was a little caught off…

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