Andrea Gibson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And so she really hasn't worried much throughout these last two years. She's like, it is not right in front of us right now that you were dying. And also it's not right in front of us right now that you're suffering. And because I wasn't, I wasn't suffering. I'll tell you when I did suffer, when I got the common cold, people make t-shirts and People make t-shirts that say fuck cancer.
And so she really hasn't worried much throughout these last two years. She's like, it is not right in front of us right now that you were dying. And also it's not right in front of us right now that you're suffering. And because I wasn't, I wasn't suffering. I'll tell you when I did suffer, when I got the common cold, people make t-shirts and People make t-shirts that say fuck cancer.
I got the common cold right after chemo and it lasted 11 weeks because my immune system was so weakened at that point. I wanted to make a t-shirt that said fuck the common cold. My partner, my partner. She is heartbroken right now. She's in a lot of of grief and she's sort of floaty in a way that maybe I was in the very beginning, because from the very beginning, I thought, um,
I got the common cold right after chemo and it lasted 11 weeks because my immune system was so weakened at that point. I wanted to make a t-shirt that said fuck the common cold. My partner, my partner. She is heartbroken right now. She's in a lot of of grief and she's sort of floaty in a way that maybe I was in the very beginning, because from the very beginning, I thought, um,
I got the common cold right after chemo and it lasted 11 weeks because my immune system was so weakened at that point. I wanted to make a t-shirt that said fuck the common cold. My partner, my partner. She is heartbroken right now. She's in a lot of of grief and she's sort of floaty in a way that maybe I was in the very beginning, because from the very beginning, I thought, um,
this is very likely to kill me. And I had just written a book where I wrote a book and I thought to myself, I want to write about people in this book in the way that I would if I never got a chance to speak about what I think about people again.
this is very likely to kill me. And I had just written a book where I wrote a book and I thought to myself, I want to write about people in this book in the way that I would if I never got a chance to speak about what I think about people again.
this is very likely to kill me. And I had just written a book where I wrote a book and I thought to myself, I want to write about people in this book in the way that I would if I never got a chance to speak about what I think about people again.
Like I want to write people in their full humanity because I was watching our world sort of come to a place of this is, you know, people are bad or good, right or wrong. And I wanted to write something more whole. But my partner, she's wonderful. And it's been mostly us for two years. I have a gigantic community of friends.
Like I want to write people in their full humanity because I was watching our world sort of come to a place of this is, you know, people are bad or good, right or wrong. And I wanted to write something more whole. But my partner, she's wonderful. And it's been mostly us for two years. I have a gigantic community of friends.
Like I want to write people in their full humanity because I was watching our world sort of come to a place of this is, you know, people are bad or good, right or wrong. And I wanted to write something more whole. But my partner, she's wonderful. And it's been mostly us for two years. I have a gigantic community of friends.
But for some reason, this time has been very insular, the most insular time in my life, partially because of the pandemic and because we had to be more quarantined than other people because I was at risk. But she's been incredible from the beginning. She was the one when I initially woke up from surgery. She was sitting right beside me. She was sitting beside my mom.
But for some reason, this time has been very insular, the most insular time in my life, partially because of the pandemic and because we had to be more quarantined than other people because I was at risk. But she's been incredible from the beginning. She was the one when I initially woke up from surgery. She was sitting right beside me. She was sitting beside my mom.
But for some reason, this time has been very insular, the most insular time in my life, partially because of the pandemic and because we had to be more quarantined than other people because I was at risk. But she's been incredible from the beginning. She was the one when I initially woke up from surgery. She was sitting right beside me. She was sitting beside my mom.
And she was the one that told me I had cancer. And she said it so beautifully. I wrote a poem about it. I said anyone who thinks poetry is frivolous has never had to have someone tell them something unspeakably hard beautifully. And yeah. And but right now. We're. We're a little floaty and she more than me. And grieving and also keeping our hearts open to miracles.
And she was the one that told me I had cancer. And she said it so beautifully. I wrote a poem about it. I said anyone who thinks poetry is frivolous has never had to have someone tell them something unspeakably hard beautifully. And yeah. And but right now. We're. We're a little floaty and she more than me. And grieving and also keeping our hearts open to miracles.
And she was the one that told me I had cancer. And she said it so beautifully. I wrote a poem about it. I said anyone who thinks poetry is frivolous has never had to have someone tell them something unspeakably hard beautifully. And yeah. And but right now. We're. We're a little floaty and she more than me. And grieving and also keeping our hearts open to miracles.
And also, you know, I wrote this thing, I wrote this thing on our wall downstairs that said, no regrets. Like if I have a short time to live, I'm not about to spend that time dying. I'm going to spend it living.
And also, you know, I wrote this thing, I wrote this thing on our wall downstairs that said, no regrets. Like if I have a short time to live, I'm not about to spend that time dying. I'm going to spend it living.
And also, you know, I wrote this thing, I wrote this thing on our wall downstairs that said, no regrets. Like if I have a short time to live, I'm not about to spend that time dying. I'm going to spend it living.