

"So, how are you doing?"
Photo credit: Nicholas Kingston People ask me this question every day. But not often in the usual way, where you're expecting to hear the person respond "Good!", "Not too bad!", or "Busy!" and everyone goes on with their day. When this question is posed to someone recovering from cancer treatment, it takes on a different meaning. What they are asking is some version of "How is the healing going?", "How is life after cancer?", "Are you still dealing with side effects?", "Can y