Mickey is Dying
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di Mickey Weems & Donna Blanchard
Stage IV cancer aside, it's been a life with luck and second chances. Young Mickey sets his sights on an interview with a legend for the high school paper; flash forward, he's making different headlines adrift on rough seas with sharks. Ginger Rogers, Stevie Nicks, and a masked cowboy all come into play and put death in perspective.
Mickey takes to the catwalk in a fashion show and confronts what his new symptoms are telling him—that everything the doctors said would happen to him are coming true. A look at forgiveness, guilt, and another elephant in the room.
From developing a comic book hero facing cancer to learning how to use a catheter, Mickey candidly shares what guys living with prostate cancer often go through, while noting how everyone’s journey through it is, and should be, different.
“Suck it up, buttercup.” Balancing waning energy levels with wanting to visit loved ones, Mickey often feels the need to muster a sheer force of will. Coming to terms with being labeled disabled, self-forgiveness, and the comfort found in a Blue Bag are explored.
Meet Mickey as he embarks on sharing his story with the help of a podcast “doula.” The trials of a recent bout of targeted radiation remain, but his profound sense of gratitude leaves an even stronger impression. Mickey reveals how his diagnosis unfolded, and the remarkable way he visualizes cancer.