Hi all! I have recently decided to make some changes on my Substack. What you may have noticed is that the very name of the site has changed. Here’s why. When I was first diagnosed, I adopted an aggressive attitude toward the cancer – like I was going into this big huge fight and would be scrapping it out with this internal enemy until it was completely and utterly obliterated. For a while, that’s exactly what I did. “Adam Strikes Back” felt like the right name for a website chronicling my fight. But fairly quickly, I realized that my “striking back” was more mental than anything. Physically, I was in this for the long haul…think marathon, not sprint. “Strikes Back” hardly felt appropriate anymore. Then I started using my page to write about things tangentially related to cancer and that slow, plodding fight. Writing was (and always has been) my attack, but even more than that it’s a therapeutic release.
I look forward to your future podcasts!