Usually I don’t post updates right away following my own appointments or procedures. Generally, I prefer to write retrospectively; I seem to have better insights further out from such things. And photos, forget about it. However, for some reason, I decided to change things up today and let everyone know how my surgery went last week, …
Breast cancer
December has arrived bringing more frigid temperatures, all of the holiday decorations and the making of to-do lists that seem to grow longer each day instead of shorter. This December is unlike any previous one for obvious reasons; one being it is now six months since my bilateral mastectomy last June 2. Now six months …
As Thanksgiving weekend ends, it’s a perfect time for me to express my gratitude to Brenda Ray Coffee, founder of Breast Cancer Sisterhood, for including my blog on her recently compiled list of the Top Ten Breast Cancer Blogs for blogs.com. I am pleased and honored to be included on such a list compiled by someone …
I decided to follow up and report that today is the day I finally decided to take the rest of it off, my hair that is! I had a different idea for a post today, but after looking at the calendar and reflecting a bit, I changed my mind and decided to follow up on the Should …
Four years ago I traveled to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota to meet with a geneticist to help my family decide if my mother should be tested for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations. Too many red flags “screaming suspicion” had been raised. Other members of my family were there as well. We crammed our folding …