San Francisco resident Laurie Pomeranz returns to the podcast for a second time.  She is a psychotherapist and brand advocate at Beautycounter.  At 42 she was diagnosed with Stage IIb breast cancer.  Twelve years later, the cancer returned when Laurie was 54. She now lives with metastatic breast cancer.  In this episode Laurie reads her essay “18% Chance of Light” from the 2023 “MBC: Lessons Learned” issue of Wildfire.  Laurie’s story is about learning her cancer has returned on the eve of a family trip to Iceland.   April and Laurie will talk about what it’s been like for Laurie sharing her cancer story with her son Jack, how Laurie’s mom’s cancer story is not her cancer story, and beginning again with cancer and recentering how she spends her energy.  They will also ponder living with pronoia rather than paranoia. 

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