My mother died from metastatic breast cancer in 2008. In some ways, I miss her even more since my cancer diagnosis because I know what an amazing support person she would have been. She felt a lot of guilt for potentially carrying the BRCA 2 gene mutation on to her children. Mothers like to fix …
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Life is always changing and evolving. Change is an unstoppable force that we often have no control over. Change just happens. Watching the leaves turn brilliant shades of crimson, gold and yellow this week reminds me of how powerless we are to stop change. The green foliage of summer has been miraculously transformed into spectacular hues …
When your mammogram confirms a lump must be further scrutinized by a biopsy, it’s difficult to squelch the imagination and stop yourself from conjuring up countless worst case scenarios. Women are particularly adept at imagining the worst and anticipating a biopsy can be pretty darn conducive to such thoughts. The very idea of needles and …
Mere days ago enough support was reached in Congress to designate the last week of September as National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week. In addition, the final Wednesday of September is to be designated as National Previvor Day. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) worked diligently to pass this resolution known as HR 1522. Congresswoman Wasserman …
Resiliency. Let’s talk about it. I completed my sixth round of chemo on Tuesday. Though I still get pretty rattled before every session, I am getting better at handling things. Somewhat better anyway. For sure, session six was way better than session five, which marked the midpoint of my chemo treatments. As with many breast …