Beyond Here Be Dragons

A breast cancer diagnosis led me into an unchartered world, one filled with strange dragons; tests, medical intervention, chemotherapy, side effects, pain, loss and multiple surgeries. A place where my body has become a landscape, reshaped.

© Karen Borger - Red Devil A/C
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Red Devil A/C

© Karen Borger - Anisocoria
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Anisocoria

© Karen Borger - Admission again
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Admission again

© Karen Borger - Notebook
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Notebook

© Karen Borger - Genetics Test
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Genetics Test

© Karen Borger - Thriver
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Thriver

© Karen Borger - Chemo Begins
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Chemo Begins

© Karen Borger - Tumour & Breast removed
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Tumour & Breast removed

© Karen Borger - Recon’ Canvas, ongoing...
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Recon’ Canvas, ongoing...

© Karen Borger - Reduced to Body Parts
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Reduced to Body Parts

© Karen Borger - Chemical Grrl
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Chemical Grrl

© Karen Borger - Waking view
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Waking view

© Karen Borger - 2.5 years of notes
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2.5 years of notes

© Karen Borger - Z-plasty
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Z-plasty

© Karen Borger - Hospital dawn
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Hospital dawn

© Karen Borger - Concave where it used to be convex
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Concave where it used to be convex

© Karen Borger - Infusion
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Infusion

© Karen Borger - Recon’ Joy
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Recon’ Joy

© Karen Borger - Restricted
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Restricted

© Karen Borger - Chemo Companion
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Chemo Companion

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