I had run the hill past the Montessori school hundreds of times. But now I couldn’t. Breathless, Blood in my eye, in my nose.
An exquisite April day Under a flowering tree in the park, I told my husband they saw blasts in my blood. Leukemia. An abrupt turn in the course of our lives.
I Am Sorry, Honey, Literature by Sonja Van Hala, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Sonja Van Hala, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
Sonja is a professor in family medicine. In April 2020, she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Her writing reflects her experience with cancer from the perspective of an academic physician.
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2025, "Delayed Diagnosis"
2024, "A Harrowing Elixir"
2021, "I Am Sorry, Honey"
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