As many of you know, March is Lymphedema Awareness Month. For the past few years during the month of March, I have tried to feature a guest post by someone who really knows what she is talking about regarding this very important topic. This year I’m excited to feature a guest post by my new …
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Lymphedema, what’s a breast cancer patient’s real risk? March is Lymphedema Awareness Month and more and more people are becoming aware of this life-altering condition which affects up to 10 million Americans and hundreds of millions worldwide. Lymphedema is finally out of the closet. However, it’s also true that lymphedema is still often misunderstood and …
It’s now been eight years since my mother died from metastatic breast cancer. She died on March 6, 2008. She was initially diagnosed (early stage, ER+) in February 2004. Her cancer “officially” metastasized in late fall of 2007. A few months later she was gone. I’ve been marking time here on the blog for the …
Walls we build in Cancer Land help no one and potentially harm many. How many times have you heard it said that no one understands what you’re going through unless they’ve walked in your shoes? We hear this all the time and not just in Cancer Land, of course. But in Cancer Land, I read …
In this post, I want to share the goals I have for my memoir, Cancer Was Not a Gift & It Didn’t Make Me a Better Person: A memoir about cancer as I know it. I don’t have a ton of goals, but I have some. One goal I do not have is to be …