Cancer & the Domino Effect A cancer diagnosis sets off a domino effect like none other. In my case (if I don’t count my mother’s diagnosis), the first domino toppled on Easter 2010. My cancer domino effect was set in motion. Easter was when the chest pain started. Chest pain led to wait and see. …
Search results for: the day I found out i am brca +
I read somewhere (unfortunately, I threw out the magazine where I read this in one of my rare cleaning-out moments of the New Year) that a typical cancer diagnosis eats up about a year of a person’s life by the time all is said and done. Really? Is that all? What is a typical 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 …
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 …
Recently friend and fellow blogger Marie, from Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer, suggested to fellow bloggers that it might be fun to briefly step away from cancer and blog about “stuff from our other life.” Marie is from Ireland and one of the people I have come to “know” during the past months. As a friend …