How to prepare for your mastectomy — 12 tips. It’s been over a decade since my bilateral mastectomy. It still sometimes feels like a bad dream, and seeing my own reflection in the mirror sometimes still startles me and always reminds me. Before my bilateral I felt very unprepared.
Do you have a dog? Have you or has someone you know who has a dog had a recent cancer diagnosis? If so, I have a research opportunity for you to check out and possibly consider taking part in and/or sharing.
By now probably almost everyone has heard or read about the Supreme Court’s decision on June 13th to strike down Myriad Genetics’ patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. In case you haven’t, you can catch up here or here. All nine Supreme Court Judges concurred on this one; the decision was unanimous. Did we …
If you’re a regular reader of Nancy’s Point, you know I often write about my mother. I thought perhaps it was time to write a post about my dad. Since Father’s Day weekend is here, what better time, right?
Here’s the second installment of things I’ve learned/observed about loss. If you missed list one, you can find it here. Again, there is no hierarchy or particular order to these lists. It was the act of writing things down randomly that made a difference for me.