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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…

10 min readOct 1, 2021

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Three Years.

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Rachel Langer

Less and More.

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

6 min readJan 5, 2021

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Less and More.

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Rachel Langer

Hope is A White Whale (But I Need It)

I went to the Emergency Room this week.

14 min readOct 18, 2020

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Hope is A White Whale (But I Need It)

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Rachel Langer

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…

12 min readAug 11, 2020

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The Chronic Gap in the ‘Stronger Together’ Movement.

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Rachel Langer

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…

8 min readMay 10, 2020

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Falling Through The Cracks on Mother’s Day

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Rachel Langer

A Year Without My “Hysteria”: A Retrospective.

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

7 min readNov 29, 2019

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A Year Without My “Hysteria”: A Retrospective.

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Rachel Langer

The Nuanced Grief of Infertility

On losing something I wasn’t sure I wanted

9 min readNov 25, 2018

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The Nuanced Grief of Infertility

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Rachel Langer

A Dear John Letter To My Uterus

Dear My Recently Ripped Out Uterus,

4 min readOct 5, 2018

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A Dear John Letter To My Uterus

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Rachel Langer

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…

12 min readAug 24, 2018

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The Big H.

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Between a Doc and a Hard Place.

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

16 min readMar 22, 2018

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Between a Doc and a Hard Place.

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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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