Three days after my diagnostic mammogram, Dear Hubby and I met with Surgeon #1 for preliminary discussion about the results. With a serious expression on his face, the surgeon rated my newly discovered mass a 5 on the “suspicious scale” of 1-5. This rating was due to the lump’s size and my family history.
Nancy
Side effects – chemo and my morning coffee. Has cancer treatment (any sort) messed with your sense of taste? If so, it can be so frustrating, am I right? Since beginning my chemo regimen, I’ve been experiencing the usual side effects like hair loss, neuropathy, poor sleep, flushing, achiness and the other big one – …
My mother died from metastatic breast cancer in 2008. In some ways, I miss her even more since my cancer diagnosis because I know what an amazing support person she would have been. She felt a lot of guilt for potentially carrying the BRCA 2 gene mutation on to her children. Mothers like to fix …
Life is always changing and evolving. Change is an unstoppable force that we often have no control over. Change just happens. Watching the leaves turn brilliant shades of crimson, gold and yellow this week reminds me of how powerless we are to stop change. The green foliage of summer has been miraculously transformed into spectacular hues …
Should a chemo patient shave the hair off and if so, when? I hope the photo of me below with my disappearing hair doesn’t scare anyone away. It was actually taken a few weeks ago when I had MORE hair.