Usually I don’t post updates right away following my own appointments or procedures. Generally, I prefer to write retrospectively; I seem to have better insights further out from such things. And photos, forget about it. However, for some reason, I decided to change things up today and let everyone know how my surgery went last week, …
December has arrived bringing more frigid temperatures, all of the holiday decorations and the making of to-do lists that seem to grow longer each day instead of shorter. This December is unlike any previous one for obvious reasons; one being it is now six months since my bilateral mastectomy last June 2. Now six months …
As Thanksgiving weekend ends, it’s a perfect time for me to express my gratitude to Brenda Ray Coffee, founder of Breast Cancer Sisterhood, for including my blog on her recently compiled list of the Top Ten Breast Cancer Blogs for blogs.com. I am pleased and honored to be included on such a list compiled by someone …
After my cancer diagnosis I didn’t feel very thankful. When I started chemo, I couldn’t wait for fall and winter to arrive. I just wanted summer to be over and the sooner the better. “I wish it was Halloween,” I said more than a few times to my family over the course of the summer …
This past Friday night David and I went to the recently released movie, Unstoppable, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. Going to movies is a passion we share, so we go as often as we are able. Both of us have found movie going to be even more enjoyable since my cancer diagnosis. It is an …