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About carla

Writer, blogger, photographer, breast cancer survivor. I write about whatever strikes my fancy as I meander through life.

end of a long week….

Lordy, I feel like I have been through the mill, but am starting to feel better most definitely.  I have decided being kid sick is more exhausting than working a crazy stressful week in the office.  How is that for … Continue reading

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mr. president, please shut up

Ok I am not in the pink today.  I feel crappy and I am disappointed. Especially  disappointed when it comes to Mr. President, the economy, the sheer state of this country.  Mr. Obama, you have been quite verbose on television … Continue reading

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breast cancer vs. amtrak

WARNING:  The community activist in me may be cutting loose with this post because I still feel crappy, am pissed and am exhausted….exhausted in part thanks to AMTRAK. While they are running around kissing corporate ass in America and pretending … Continue reading

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hump day

Well so I haven’t mentioned poor abused and microwaved left breast for a little bit.  She was having a post-zappage vacation but alas she is having a rashy little issue.  Yes, and I am so tired of talking about my post … Continue reading

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picked up?

Wow talk about a leading blog post title. (LOL not meant in that way so read on…)  A little while ago today I noticed  that a week or so ago my article that I wrote for the Main Line Times for Flair that got … Continue reading

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talking to house plants

O.k. it’s official. I don’t do sick well.  My fever has receded from 101 to 100 and my chest is still croupy but not nearly as pressuretasticly awful as yesterday.   Yes, kid sick and almost talking to house plants. What … Continue reading

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you are never too old to NOT want your mother when you are sick…

I can’t count…but now I can – I have been sick since last Thursday.  Irritating, sad sack, hot eye-lid, fever, coughing up both lungs, swollen glands and sore throat kid sick. That’s just too many days of this crap. I … Continue reading

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we must maintain our sense of humor….

So went to the medical oncologist at the end of last week for the Great Tamoxifen Chat.  Went over all the side effects, worked our way to hot flashes and then came the “ummm”.  You see, my medical oncologist is … Continue reading

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frustration station

I have been sick for two days.  My immune system hasn’t near caught up two weeks post-seven straight weeks of radiation.  I feel like crap.  (There is no way to put that eloquently.) I have had to take a day  off … Continue reading

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no, I have not experienced “breast canceropoly”

I feel the need to cross-post a comment  and expand into a post of my own.  This is  in response to another blogger on the Living Beyond Breast Cancer blog.  The post is titled The Competitive Sport of “Breast Canceropoly”By livingbeyondbc This … Continue reading

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