When was the last time you woke from an unpleasant dream feeling relieved to realize it was merely that, a dream? It’s an amazing moment when you wake from such a state of agitated sleep. Reality suddenly feels pretty darn wonderful doesn’t it?
Breast cancer
Another Mother’s Day has come and gone. Mother’s Day 2012 marked a significant milestone for me. I’ve now experienced five Mother’s Days without a mother. Five. This feels pretty major. Mother’s Day 2012 also marked another very different kind of milestone. In my neck of the woods, Mother’s Day marks the annual Susan G. Komen Race …
Thank you for reading part one. If you shared about your diagnosis day, thank you. Below, I’m sharing part two about the day I first heard the words, you have cancer, and about my first meeting with oncologist #1. Note: This post is a slightly edited excerpt from my memoir, Cancer Was Not a Gift & …
The following is an excerpt from my memoir – Cancer Was Not a Gift & It Didn’t Make Me a Better Person: A memoir about cancer as I know it.
Gene patenting is in the news once again. This issue isn’t going away any time soon. In my opinion, this debate boils down to one simple question. Should one company, in this case, Myriad Genetics, be allowed to patent human genes when lives are at stake? It seems as if there is a simple answer here …