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Rachel Langer

Three Years.

I realized this week that it’s been 3 years since I evicted my uterus. 3 years. That’s the approximate time it would take to walk around…

Oct 1, 2021

Three Years.

Oct 1, 2021

Less and More.

Hot waves of panic lick my diaphragm. It’s 5AM and I know it’s going to be a bad day.

Jan 5, 2021

Less and More.

Jan 5, 2021

Hope is A White Whale (But I Need It)

I went to the Emergency Room this week.

Oct 18, 2020

Hope is A White Whale (But I Need It)

Oct 18, 2020

The Chronic Gap in the ‘Stronger Together’ Movement.

“Your tele-health visit is scheduled for Friday at 11:30am. Please be prepared to answer a call from <insert human voice saying a dr’s…

Aug 11, 2020

The Chronic Gap in the ‘Stronger Together’ Movement.

Aug 11, 2020

Falling Through The Cracks on Mother’s Day

Remember high school? It was all about categories. Specific labels and pre-existing groups you could commit to so fully that it was like a…

May 10, 2020

Falling Through The Cracks on Mother’s Day

May 10, 2020

A Year Without My “Hysteria”: A Retrospective.

Sometimes I slip and joke that they removed my “hysteria,” only no one told my tear ducts.

Nov 29, 2019

A Year Without My “Hysteria”: A Retrospective.

Nov 29, 2019

The Nuanced Grief of Infertility

On losing something I wasn’t sure I wanted

Nov 25, 2018

The Nuanced Grief of Infertility

Nov 25, 2018

A Dear John Letter To My Uterus

Dear My Recently Ripped Out Uterus,

Oct 5, 2018

A Dear John Letter To My Uterus

Oct 5, 2018

The Big H.

A week from today I will undergo a full abdominal hysterectomy. I am 35. I have no children. By the time you read this, it will have…

Aug 24, 2018

The Big H.

Aug 24, 2018

Between a Doc and a Hard Place.

This is the story of how I ended up ugly crying in the hospital parking lot yesterday.

Mar 22, 2018

Between a Doc and a Hard Place.

Mar 22, 2018

Rachel Langer

Rachel Langer

Screenwriter. Canadian. Wordsmith for Transplant (Crave/NBC) The Order (Netflix) andThis Life (CBC) . Loud about endometriosis and women’s health.

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