So, what exactly does beating cancer mean anyway? Of course, words are far from perfect, no matter what you’re talking about. I get that. We gravitate toward the familiar when searching for words in Cancer Land, too. We grab words we hear most often and spew them out often without giving them a whole lot …
Cancer diagnosis
15 realities at eight years post-cancer diagnosis. Yep. It’s been eight years since the sh*t hit the fan. Eight years! So far, so good. Still here. Still NED. I am lucky in oh-so-many ways, and I know it. However, I am also not one to gloss over cancer crap, aka, cancer fallout. As you know …
Faded photos and searching for cancer clues. Have you looked at old photos recently? Have you zeroed in on ones of you and thought wow, I looked better than I thought I did back then, if only I still looked that good. Throw a cancer diagnosis into the mix and such thoughts might be magnified …
When your cancer experience feels marginalized — have you experienced this? Not a good feeling is it? A topic that often comes up in emails I receive from readers and in Facebook groups I’m in is this one — feeling marginalized, regarding your cancer experience. This can happen regardless of stage, by the way. Have …
Are you feeling confused by the recently implemented updates to the breast cancer staging system? Did you even know changes have been made? I only learned about the changes late last year, and I have been trying to figure out what the changes mean. This post is my attempt to share some of what I …