Cancer

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 …

My first book, Getting Past the Fear:  A Guide to Help You Mentally Prepare for Chemotherapy is now two years old – the print version that is. The original ebook version has now been around for almost four years. Wow, four years! If I were to write this book today, I’d probably change a few …

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 …

Cancer is all about worry.  Cancer causes a domino effect of worry. One worry leads to another. When you first find your lump or whatever clue finally gives your sneaky cancer away, you worry about what might or might not be. You worry about if you should tell anyone, make that doctor appointment, or schedule that …

March can still stir up lots of emotions for me. It’s the month my mother died from metastatic breast cancer. I shared about my experience being a caregiver to my mother during her illness and death from metastatic disease in my memoir. I also shared about the fact I was not there during her final …