15 shitty things cancer has taught me. Yep. You read that right. This one’s a sarcastic rant, so get ready. As you likely know by now, one of my top cancer pet peeves is the expectation out there that somehow cancer miraculously transforms you into a better version of your former self. You know, there …
Reconstruction
Do you ever feel like a cancer misfit? If you do or ever have, you’re not alone. I have written about the walls in Cancer Land. The divisions. The rifts. The hierarchies. Today, let’s talk about fitting in, or rather, not fitting in.
Dear Plastic Surgeons: 14 things breast cancer patients want you to understand about breast reconstruction This post is an open letter to plastic surgeons everywhere sharing 14 things breast cancer patients want you to better understand. Not that most don’t already understand these things, but there is always an opportunity for better understanding, right?
Breast cancer treatment’s collateral damage — let’s talk about it. Yes, let’s. This post has been sitting in my draft folder for a while. Sometimes, I hesitate to write about breast cancer treatment’s collateral damage (aka cancer crap fallout) that goes on and on and on following a cancer diagnosis. Notice I say, following a …
I am excited to announce (finally) here on the blog that my new ebook, Facing Your Mastectomy & Making Reconstruction Decisions, is now available! If you subscribe to my newsletters, you have known about my new ebook for a while. It always ends up taking me longer than planned to finish any sort of writing project, …