If you have been on since my last post, you probably noticed some design changes on the blog. I thought it was time to freshen things up a bit. Also, in looking over the technology available from Blogger, I noticed that I could add “static” content – that is, non-blog pages of additional content. So I decided to make some changes.
In recent months, there have been several people who mentioned to me that someone close to them had been diagnosed with cancer. They told me that they passed my blog address on to that person. That got me thinking about how this blog might help someone new to cancer. Reading my blog, with all my family updates and non-cancer ramblings, might be rather off-topic for someone struggling to get a grip on things in those early days.
When I was in the initial phase of dealing with cancer, I did get a lot of medical information from internet sources. But those were “credible” sites, like American Cancer Society and Colon Cancer Alliance. I also read blogs of cancer survivors -not for cancer information but to see how they were coping. I wanted to see what was on their minds, what issues they faced and how they coped with them. Reading their stories helped to beat back the feelings of loneliness and isolation that come with a poor prognosis. For a new patient reading my blog, that’s the most I can offer since I don’t write this blog as advice or information on colon cancer.
So, I added the Welcome and About Me tabs across the top for these new readers to give them a quick sense of who I am and where to find the entries from those early days.
I then added the tab with the travel log of a typical trip to the Oncologist since strolling around the city is always the best part of any visit. I thought that would be fun to share. And finally, I added the fall photos just because I liked them and thought you might like them too.
So those are the changes to Mysemicolonstory. In the future, I plan to update or add to the static content from time to time. And I’m glad to take suggestions if there’s something you’d like to see!
2 comments:
You are a good writer and it is always a pleasure to read what you are thinking, doing, or whatever. Not, a pleasure to read some of the earlier posts, but that is expected. I look forward to reading whatever you feel like writing. Love, and affectionate reader.noute
I think all your readers feel the same as what fephy expressed. I have given out your blog address to many people. They are reading each entry and comment on it to me when they see me. For those who haven't been affected by cancer in themselves or in close relatives and friends, they tell me it gives them insight and strength to help someone in the future. For those who have suffered themselves or for family/friends, you give them hope. That hope is that regardless
of the longterm outcome, they can live a productive and happy life as they go through the treatments.
Survival knowledge is so important to us all. I am proud of my cancer survivor son.
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