When Angelina Joilie’s story broke last week, I knew I had to get going on this post. Her story was the perfect lead in. Some call Angelina a hero; I’m not sure I’d say that, but I certainly do applaud her decision to go public about her prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. Enough about her, though. I’d …
Cancer
Lots of people (too many?) seem eager to chime in about Angelina Jolie’s revelation regarding her recent decision to undergo a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. Can you stand to read one more thing? I hope so. Isn’t it amazing the buzz this story has generated? Even more amazing is the fact so many are judging her …
I told myself I was done with the Susan G. Komen® foundation. I didn’t really want to write about this organization any more. I’ve said my piece time and time again it seems. A few of my Komen piece links are included at the end of this one in case you want to read them. I don’t …
Recently I officially graduated from the Livestrong at the YMCA exercise program. I promised my instructors, as well as myself, that I would write a post about the Livestrong program upon my completion. So here goes…
Do you ever feel like you’re tiptoeing through survivorship? Yeah, me too. As I mentioned in a previous post, it’s been three years since my breast cancer diagnosis. It’s been three years since the shit hit the fan, or to put it more delicately, since the dominoes starting toppling. Actually, the domino effect began in …