This post tells the story about the day I found out I am BRCA2 positive. When you think about the major tests you’ve taken in your life, which ones come to mind? Is it your driver’s license test(s), your ACT/SAT tests, a big test you aced, or failed, in high school or college? Or is …
Cancer
Did you know September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month? It’s also Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Children’s Cancer Awareness Month. There are more, and I mean more in September. Appropriately sandwiched in there before the arrival of the “BIG ONE,” Breast Cancer Awareness Month also known as Pinktober, is National Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer …
I guess this week is “blogging reflection week” for me. Anniversaries, even blogging anniversaries, require reflection don’t they? I hope you’ll bear with me and keep reading. After my last post where I went on more than a bit about how grateful I am for the whole new world that has opened up to me …
It’s been one year since I pushed that publish button and posted my first blog post. Time flies, even when you’re fighting cancer! It seems like this might be a good time to reflect a bit on my blogging experience thus far and share a few of the discoveries I have made along the way. …
Late last month, the ongoing controversy regarding the legality of gene patenting became even murkier and unfortunately, the situation does not appear closer to resolution. Why does this matter? Well, because lives are at stake. And lots of dollars. Women who test positive for the BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 genetic mutations have a much greater …