The Oncology Underground
Hans CasteelsWelcome to Dispatch from the Oncology Underground. Prostate cancer, medical absurdity, and the slow-motion collapse of dignity, served with a side of dark humour and the occasional tofu recipe.
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New To The Cancer Club? Before You Let Anyone Do Anything Irreversible....
I have written several essays about what I would tell someone newly diagnosed with cancer, mostly because the official literature tends to combine frightening information with the warmth of an appliance manual. Since many people are new to...
The Speed of Time Depends on Which Way You Are Looking
On Sunday morning, Sharon and I were walking Isabel past the local elementary school. The sun was out, the school was empty, and the lawn had that tidy, rested appearance schools enjoy only when there are no children on them. At the far end...
Congratulations. Welcome To Our Hospital. We May Heal You, But Dammit, You Better Pay For That Parking.
There is something almost admirable about the efficiency with which a hospital parking machine can locate the last remaining pocket of dignity in a sick person and charge it by the hour. You arrive frightened, exhausted, possibly bleeding,...
The Decline of the Proper Insult
By Hans Casteels, who was raised in Antwerp, where profanity was treated as a branch of the performing arts
These days, when we want to insult somebody, we reach immediately for “fuck you.” It is the adjustable wrench of human hostility. I...
The Refrigerator Door as Family Archive
Yes, this is The Oncology Underground, and yes, I occasionally comment on the realities and absurdities of life beyond cancer. There is only so much I can write about having it, treating it and living with its lingering consequences, by whi...
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Survived cancer, marriage, and the healthcare system. Barely. Now I write about life’s side effects: insomnia, irony, and misplaced optimism. It’s not inspirational; it’s just what happens when sarcasm outlives shame.
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