Author Archives: carla
ebb and flow
Life is indeed ebb and flow. When you are diagnosed with breast cancer, you really go ebb and flow. After you are through it and into survivor category in a sense it is still ebb and flow because you are … Continue reading
boob alert: another bogus breast cancer charity – breast cancer prevention fund
Here it is the hottest day in recent memory, and I am flashing up a storm anyway today, so hot feels extra hot to me. Yes, it is 100 degrees down from I don’t want to think about it, and … Continue reading
Dear readers and fellow survivors, you all know my bucket list life item post-breast cancer as far as my writing goes. I am cross-posting so you can see my first byline in The Philadelphia Inquirer. I feel like I won … Continue reading
politics of the penis: don’t vote for boobs like chris collins
You know, I was wondering what I was going to write about on this blog as I hadn’t updated recently. And I have found my topic – not politics of the uterus, but politics of the penis. But first, a … Continue reading
the forgiveness project
When I was going through breast cancer, the early stages, my friend Barb gave me this wonderful book called The Forgiveness Project. And when you are a woman whose life has been touched with breast cancer, you learn to forgive. … Continue reading
once you have faced a diagnosis….you know …..
I am part of this page on Facebook called Philly Social Media Moms (as a SMIT, or Stepmother in Training, I was allowed in!) Anyway, this post last night jumped off at me. It said: Hello ladies! One of my … Continue reading
letting go
Since my diagnosis for breast cancer, and subsequent surgery and treatment, I have learned how to an extent your life becomes an exercise in letting go. That dawned on me the other day. Part of it comes with the acceptance that … Continue reading
errr….pink humor coming your way
Is it really all about the boob, ladies? When you have another night of no sleep because you have to suck it up and get through the switch in generic Tamoxifens until the next refill insurance will pay for you … Continue reading
one year.
Today is happy, happy, joy, joy in the scheme of things! One year ago today I had my breast cancer surgery. A lumpectomy a/k/a partial mastectomy. One year ago at this time I was in recovery at Pennsylvania Hospital, and … Continue reading
do you tamoxifen? (then read this post)
UPDATE: My CVS pharmacist just called me and she told me that there is a shortage in the Teva version of Tamoxifen, especially in the 30 day count bottles, which is what we get. So my pharmacist bought a larger … Continue reading
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