Selected excerpts from My Terminal Life

Cancer: Life interrupted…?

Cancer: Life interrupted…?

There are moments in a person’s life that are forever imprinted in memory. I have a vivid recollection of sitting at my grandmother’s kitchen table doing homework after grade school with my same-age cousin Michael, munching on her homemade chocolate chip cookies between hurried scribbles on my papers because the faster we finished our homework, the faster we could get outside to play, of course-that was the rule! Taking gulps of sweetened iced tea, (the…

A letter to my metastatic breast cancer

A letter to my metastatic breast cancer

Dear Lung Spots,

First, I must start off by expressing my hatred for you and the countless ways you’ve impacted my life. You are dreaded, you are awful, you are terrifying, you are insidious. You came upon me completely unexpectedly. Just as I was beginning to feel like I could handle this “whole cancer thing” and everything that the last 7 months had brought me (death of my grandmother on March 30th, diagnosis of cancer just 10 days later, bilateral…

“Meditation” on the clouds

“Meditation” on the clouds

I stormed in the door hot and dripping with sweat from my slower-than-normal- 3 mile run with my unruly dog, and my unrulier thoughts, and announced in an icy tone to my mother that I was in a terrible mood. She asked what she could do, and I shot back hastily, my voice fraught with teenage angst, “Nothing, I need my water and I’m going to sit outside.” I unleashed the dog, grabbed my bottle off the counter and the door slammed behind me (was that the wind, or…

About Amy

Amy Lyn Schnitzler: Bright spirit, beloved daughter, sister, partner, niece, cousin, aunt, godmother—and friend to so many, passed away peacefully December 21, 2019, surrounded by love. She was born July 13, 1989 in Rochester, NY, attended Rush Henrietta schools, and graduated from Nazareth College in 2011. Her interests and talents were many, but her abiding love was music.

My Terminal Life: Cancer Habitation and Other Life Adventures

A gifted writer, Amy blogged about her journey through life with MBC, weaving both humor and vulnerability into what would later become her book: My Terminal Life: Cancer Habitation and Other Life Adventures.  Amy hoped that her story would make a difference in the lives of others living with MBC, show the face of cancer beyond the usual “pink” awareness fluff, and that the sale of her book would help fund what’s needed most: research for a cure.

Whether you are a patient or a family member, a medical professional or clinician, an educator or student, please let us join together in this fight and help beat MBC.

All proceeds from the sale of her book will benefit METAvivor and the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (BCCR).

Available on Amazon in paperback & ebook!

“Like the clamoring geese overhead, I am coming home.”

— Amy Schnitzler

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