Sometimes I bounce ideas for blog posts around with my husband. He does not read my blog because as he says, “I live it.” Need I say more? As I was contemplating my idea for this post, I asked him what he thought of it, and for the first time, (Okay probably not for the first …
Awareness
Last October I received an email from Sirius Radio station 102 (XM 155) in Washington, D.C. asking me if I wanted to share my breast cancer story with listeners on the program hosted by Molly and Christine called “Broadminded.” I felt flattered someone had taken the trouble to find my blog and ask me to do such a …
Trying to decide if one wants or would benefit from genetic testing of any kind is a very personal matter. Some people in fact become quite emotional about it. Without considering the cost factor, some people, like my mother, can never seem to have too much information. On the other end of the spectrum, some …
Last November I was contacted by a journalism student attending Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She was working on a paper about BRCA gene mutation testing, the monopolies held by two genetic testing companies and the recent controversial rulings on patents. She also wanted to include some thoughts and insights from a person directly influenced …
One of my very first outings after beginning chemotherapy was attending a Look Good…Feel Better class. That stifling hot August day this past summer was also the first time I stepped out in public wearing my newly purchased wig. Leaving the safety of my house that day I felt alone, self-conscious, vulnerable and totally skeptical. “Look …