A few years ago, I was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer called polycythemia vera. Although it may not shorten my life by much, it’ll kill me. The disease has also been a journey, the diagnosis, facing the reality of cancer and my inevitable demise. In May of 2021, I wrote this 4-track EP, The Story of My Blood.
The story considers four parts of this blood cancer journey: toxicity, exposure, dysfunction, and progression. The music is very subtle and ambient, filled with tones of hope and despair. My goal was to capture a bit of how it’s felt to be diagnosed with a terminal disease. – dse