Teva Harrison

A new year is a new chance to be kinder, gentler, bolder and to live in hope. I’m embracing it! You, too? 💫

ICYMI: Reader’s Digest ran When Fentanyl Works (originally written for @walrusmagazine) about my fentanyl use to manage the pain of terminal cancer. pressreader.com/@nickname116…

Bittersweet giving back the oxygen compressor. Sweet that I can breathe without it. Bitter cuz I’ll miss the very unique mechanical breathing white noise. #bcsm #dontignorestageIV #metslife #audiophile

Thank you for reading my book in such wonderful company!

Lying awake in the wee hospital hours, my mind is creating some pretty kickass Queen/Dolly mashups.

I thought my ears were playing tricks on me so I am very relieved to realize that there is, in fact, somebody strumming a guitar a few doors down in the hospital. It’s very soothing and goes well with sleepy pre-meds. #bcsm #cancerlife

Day 1 of my phase 1 immunotherapy/personalized cancer vaccine clinical trial. I’m so happy to be back on treatment. The time in between is rough on my head. I haven’t been feeling great… instagram.com/p/BuJ0JaIgiHH/… – at Toronto, Ontario

BRB gotta nap while Meelo naps. @ Toronto, Ontario instagram.com/p/BuG-dAYgusi/… – at Toronto, Ontario

David and I are so lucky today! We welcomed Milagro (or Meelo for short) home and now our family is complete. #welcomehome instagram.com/p/BuCpaHZgY5a/…

When a knock on the door is a dozen white roses from your beloved because it’s love day and he always knows how to make a day shine extra. I am so lucky to love and be loved by David. @… instagram.com/p/Bt3rFydAue7/… – at Toronto, Ontario

Best morning radio!

Fittingly, I spent a chunk of World Cancer Day at Princess Margaret getting sorted to start a new treatment. This one is a phase 1 trial—because my best hope for survival is likely in a trial right now. And if we don’t, who will? #thisismbc #bcsm #cancerlife #dontignorestage4

#whyiwrite so when I die, not all of my private, delicious (or awkward or confusing) thoughts and memories will vanish forever. I’ll admit, I also hope to linger in others’ memories. At least for a while. #thanks3AM #cancerlife #legacy #dontignorestage4 #lifer

After five years of drinking disgusting flavoured barium, I learned that there is a version of CT contrast that tastes like water. I asked & I received. Also, this book is good company.

Just saw a row of men trying to push a uhaul out of a snow bank. I feel sad for people who have to move in February. #dlws

Truth! London has many fox residents.

Best day!

Sunshine floods our London flat. I feel like I should go walking, but I think I’m going to write in a sunbeam instead. My heart feels bright. #dlws

As it should be.

London glistens with rain and I don’t mind a bit. It’s comforting in a way—emotionally true. #dlws #travelingcorrespondent