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- pettiness and cancer
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- in honor of breast cancer awareness month it’s time to remind you that this disease is neither pink nor fluffy.
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Author Archives: carla
the next phase
Fifty. How old that seemed when I was a kid, and now it is just a beginning. I am a bundle of emotion today I find. It has been quite a journey getting here. Well, that is what life is, … Continue reading
the secret fear and loathing of women
This morning I am going to touch a dark and serious topic. Something a lot of women, breast cancer or not, struggle with at some point in their lives or several points in their lives ….if they are honest. Self-body … Continue reading
made for t.v. moment
I am going off topic. Yes, I know that doesn’t happen very often. Well, sometimes it does. So here we go: As you all know, like many other female survivors of breast cancer I have had to recently have a … Continue reading
for family
This post will be brief. I am still recovering from my surgery and I am tired and sore and not quite me yet. This post is for families of women who have just received a breast cancer diagnosis. I have … Continue reading
health news stalkers
To block or not to block? Before my surgery this past Thursday I was left a voicemail message by an older woman who knows my mother. It was left on my cell phone the day before my mother had surgery … Continue reading
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in patient
This morning I woke up with a city view at Pennsylvania Hospital. I am home now, but it was a long 23 hours. I had a full hysterectomy. Everything was taken out along with some apparently sizable cysts and fibroids. … Continue reading
little life complications
Life just got a little more complicated. And I will admit I am struggling a little, which is why I am writing about it. I don’t know how else to process. My mother, who is normally like her own force … Continue reading
spay day is coming
(painting by Philadelphia artist Geri Mack and use of image is courtesy of the artist. ) Yes I know I am being flippant about my upcoming surgery, but face it they are indeed spaying me. When I last wrote on … Continue reading
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