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I Am Beating This. Also My Oncologist Can Piss Off.
How metabolic warfare, fasting, and cannabis became my strategy to outlive stage 4 cancer, and why the real enemy is the system.
Aug 19
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Duane Cummins
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I Am Beating This. Also My Oncologist Can Piss Off.
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The Final Lines
Writers Who Didn’t Make It Out Alive.
Aug 11
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Duane Cummins
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Every Angel I’ve Loved Was Bleeding. Kali in the Motel Room
A fever-dream encounter with a goddess who dismantles you to set you free.
Aug 10
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Duane Cummins
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Every Angel I’ve Loved Was Bleeding. Kali in the Motel Room
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Cancer Isn’t Fair. Fight Dirty.
What I’ve learned about managing your own fight when the diagnosis says you won’t make it.
Aug 9
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Duane Cummins
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Cancer Isn’t Fair. Fight Dirty.
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Life Gave You Lemons? Make That Shit Lemonade!
How to take the worst life throws at you, grind it into pulp, and raise a glass like a champion.
Aug 5
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Duane Cummins
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When the Clown Car Flips. The Looming Danger of a Cornered Donald Trump
Jul 17
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Duane Cummins
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When the Clown Car Flips. The Looming Danger of a Cornered Donald Trump
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My Car Smells Like Fast Food, Lucky Strikes, and Fear
Jun 19
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Duane Cummins
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My Car Smells Like Fast Food, Lucky Strikes, and Fear
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Did I Get Colon Cancer Because I’ve Been Full of Shit My Whole Life?
Jun 18
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Duane Cummins
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Did I Get Colon Cancer Because I’ve Been Full of Shit My Whole Life?
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Why Your Substack Posts Aren't Showing Up in Google (and How to Fix It)
Jul 2
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Duane Cummins
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Why Your Substack Posts Aren't Showing Up in Google (and How to Fix It)
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Reentry Wounds
A poem scraped from the edge. About falling, freedom, and the scars we wear like medals.
Aug 1
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Duane Cummins
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The Workers Are the Revolution That Will Never Come
Anarcho-syndicalism could’ve saved us. But we’re too selfish, too scared, and too far gone.
Jul 30
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Duane Cummins
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The Second Ladybug
A poem for the messengers that crawl in when no one else can reach you.
Jul 29
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Duane Cummins
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Chemo Day 5: How I Took Control of My Cancer Terrain and Came Back to Life
Ketosis, fasting, RSO, and the protocol that’s rebuilding me from the inside out.
Jul 27
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Duane Cummins
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Chemo Day 5: How I Took Control of My Cancer Terrain and Came Back to Life
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Have Passport, Can Travel. Also, Fuck This Place It Reeks of Pedophiles
After cancer, I’m not sticking around to save a country that doesn’t want saving. I’m chasing life, not permission.
Jul 27
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Duane Cummins
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Have Passport, Can Travel. Also, Fuck This Place It Reeks of Pedophiles
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The Cancer, The Cure, and The Con
What Fighting for My Life Taught Me About the American Healthcare Racket
Jul 27
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Duane Cummins
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Smoke, Honey, and the Goddess in the Café. The gods are still High.
Aphrodite’s anarchist sister, a joint, and the kind of love that leaves claw marks.
Jul 27
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Duane Cummins
3
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“Authenticity is not something we have or don’t have. It’s a practice — a conscious choice of how we want to live.” — Brené Brown
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