Author Archives: carla
pettiness and cancer
I have an older friend. For years, she was one of my rocks, but eventually, as is the case with most humans, the cracks show and I think she will end up being one of those people who was close … Continue reading
it helps with lymphedema, but insurance companies make it cost prohibitive.
Yes, it looks like something out of Lost in Space. It’s an at home machine to help with lymphedema. I meant to post this during breast cancer awareness month but honestly? I have a dog going through cancer treatment and … Continue reading
in honor of breast cancer awareness month it’s time to remind you that this disease is neither pink nor fluffy.
Here we are, another year, another Pinktober. It has taken 14 years for me to realize the problem is not the fact that it’s October and it’s about breast cancer awareness, it’s still about all the pink crap that manufacturers … Continue reading
lymphedema encore
So my lymphedema is back and now it’s in my arm. The lymphedema is in my left arm where the lymph nodes were removed 14 years ago June 1. I had previously had lymphedema in my lower left leg, and … Continue reading
reflection
Because of the bizarro world of when insurance allows you to schedule your mammogram and when your hospital system has availability, I didn’t get my annual screening until July 3rd. It was the same old irritating apprehension a few days … Continue reading
fourteen years.
June 1 it is an amazing 14 years since my breast cancer surgery. I am one of the lucky ones, and I have always known that. I have lost friends over the years to breast and other cancers. Today was … Continue reading
compassion about cancer. it’s lacking in the u.s.a.
I unfriended someone on Facebook the other day, an older man as a matter of fact, for his obnoxious commentary about the former president’s prostate cancer diagnosis. My late father eventually died of prostate cancer that metastasized elsewhere after initially … Continue reading
sometimes you read something and say “this.”
A friend of mine writes on sub stack. She used to be an oncology nurse. She’s also an artist so she shared this post from a fellow artist and it so resonated with me. 💄 Spin My 100th post discusses … Continue reading
it’s 2025…here’s a reminder or two.
Hello there all. Happy 2025. I am still alive and kicking. I saw someone in a neighbor group on social media post about their mother’s friend having an upcoming breast cancer surgery and what should they do and so on. … Continue reading
it’s pinktober so why not body shame a breast cancer survivor, right? ummm, not so fast.
Like clockwork, if you are a woman with a voice who happens to be a breast cancer survivor, and who also brushed past ovarian cancer barely (thank you full hysterectomy in 2014 to remove septating cysts and more that initially … Continue reading
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