Days before my cancer diagnosis, I decided to get my ass to the ER due to what I thought were heart attack symptoms. The day I made that trip to the ER turned out to be the day the shit hit the fan. I was visiting my dad at the time trying to help him …
Breast cancer
I read an insightful post about what being an ally means by friend and advocate extraordinaire, Beth Caldwell, blogger at The Cult of Perfect Motherhood. Her voice was one of reason, inclusiveness and calm, but also one that said, come on people, let’s get things done. Update: Sadly, Beth died from metastatic breast cancer on …
When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer and discussing chemotherapy with my first oncologist (yeah, I’ve had five, but who’s counting?), we talked about the Oncotype DX® Test. This test helps determine risk for distant recurrence in some early-stage, estrogen-positive breast cancers. It is used to help decide if a patient will benefit from …
As I mentioned in my previous post, I have passed the five-year mark of being on an aromatase inhibitor. So now what? I have decided I am going to stay on Aromasin. I do not know how long I will stay on it, but I am going to hang in there for a while longer. …
Do you sometimes feel defeminized by cancer? Talk about a loaded question, right? It’s an interesting one, and it’s one I have been thinking about for a long time. Cancer changes things. It just does. The other day I was making a list of areas of my life that have not been impacted by cancer, …