Cancer or no cancer, do you associate certain things with certain events in your life? Is there something that always takes you back to “that time or place”? Maybe it’s a piece of clothing, an item of food, a scent or smell, a vehicle or even a piece of furniture. Some things automatically take us …
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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?
This post is an excerpt from my memoir, Cancer Was Not a Gift & It Didn’t Make Me a Better Person: A memoir about cancer as I know it. Before my bilateral mastectomy, I was busy Googling away and found little about what it was really like waking up from a mastectomy. I mean, the …
When your cancer experience feels marginalized — have you experienced this? Not a good feeling is it? A topic that often comes up in emails I receive from readers and in Facebook groups I’m in is this one — feeling marginalized, regarding your cancer experience. This can happen regardless of stage, by the way. Have …
When you clicked to read this post, based on the title, what did you assume it would be about? Did the title make you want to read it, or not so much? Do people make too many assumptions about you on a regular basis? Do you make too many assumptions about others or situations you’re …