Are you back? No I am forward.
Cancer is messy, complex, weird - physically, and emotionally every body wants you back to normal, but the only place you can go is forward.
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Oct 25, 20236 min read
Gong! But is it Gone?
The day everyone is waiting for, GONG! Ringing the famous Cancer bell in celebration. Emotionally I wish it was that simple.
Oct 11, 20236 min read
Radiation Realities
It was time to share what radiation looks like, and yet more interesting news on my diagnosis and treatment plan... it's never boring!
Sep 19, 20234 min read
No Hair, Don't Care (but I do really)
My hair was a thing and it wasn't a thing. In the past I have worn my hair very short but in our family hair is good, bad and ugly!
Sep 9, 20233 min read
Cookies... That's right I'm sharing!
It's time to share... when baking your feelings I highly recommend these cookies... so do Sal and Pam!
Sep 9, 20236 min read
Radiation & Recipe Ready
Its time to prepare for Radiation, and while I am at it bake some feelings...
Aug 21, 20236 min read
Pathology Results and a New Plan.
Things go wrong for 3 reasons; expectation, communication and control
Well folks my most recent story includes all three.
Aug 21, 20235 min read
How did you find the Cancer?
When people find out I have Breast Cancer the common question is "How did you find it?"
Aug 6, 20231 min read
To cut or not cut that is the question...
“Don’t cut your hair I said”
And he quite literally didn’t… any of it… Until now!!!!
Jul 26, 20231 min read
I showered...
It’s weird the things you take for granted, small things that are “normal”. Showering, driving… touching your toes!!
Jul 24, 20232 min read
Coffee is back!
So what right, it’s just a coffee. But actually in reflection it’s more than that. It’s a touch of freedom, one less rule...
Jul 17, 20232 min read
Batting my Eyelashs (Proudly)
This is officially a vanity post… I got my eyelashes back... and learned so much along the way.
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Déjà vu... and here we go again
Déjà vu (“already seen") is a French loanword for the phenomenon of feeling as though one has lived through the present situation before. We
Jul 2, 20234 min read
Bye Bye Bad Boobs...
After less than 48 hours I was released from Cambridge hospital. I don’t remember out...
Jun 24, 20234 min read
The calm before the storm
Tomorrow is surgery.
A milestone I have been eagerly awaiting, and dreading all at the same time.
May 27, 20232 min read
Port- no place to stay
A port is like a bad boyfriend-
He was there for a period of time, did a job, but really needed to go!
May 21, 20231 min read
Not Jeans... Genes
“Is it in your Levis?” As my dad would say…
With the significant investment and research gene testing is now available.
May 11, 20234 min read
Be gentle with me...
Be gentle with me…This was a big week, and today a big day! It was the end of my chemo treatment.
Apr 29, 20232 min read
It really is the small things...
Sometimes it’s the small things…
There isn’t a person following along that doesn’t know how important family is to me.
Apr 17, 20233 min read
Time for T... or Two... Chemo
Time for chemo two... what is in store? Only time will tell.
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