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Author Archives: carla
sometimes the #pinkprofiteers make you shake your head and wonder
As seen in Hope’s Cookies this week. Pray tell, how do their cookies raise awareness exactly? Here’s what some people said to a friend of mine who was equally irritated by blatant #pinkprofiteering: One for each? ‘Cause nothing says breast … Continue reading
dear penn medicine, enough already asking for money in 2017
This is what makes me dislike non-profits. There is only so much giving one can do in a calendar year, and well Penn Medicine? I give enough right now. I was so excited to have FINALLY paid off my oncology/radiation … Continue reading
bumps in the road
Life likes to throw us curve balls. It’s fate’s way of making sure we are paying attention. I am a cancer survivor. Which means sometimes things cancer make me feel emotions in technicolor. Recently, one of my childhood friends lost … Continue reading
#bullsh😡t , penn medicine
Let's recap: I have had three surgeries (breast cancer, full hysterectomy, knee surgery) and quite a few procedures over the past six years. I have also had radiation, a colonoscopy, an endoscopy, the flu, a sprained ankle, and so on … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer survivor, bullshit, penn medicine
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cancer spam
I get dozens of spam comments a week. I find cancer-related spam especially egregious. Today we have these people. An organization no one has ever heard of, trying to use this blog to advertise their wares. Here’s the 411: if … Continue reading
Posted in breast cancer, fake charity
Tagged bogus cancer spam, cancer therapeutics and allied academics
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last radiation bill
All I have done for the last 6 years is pay off my breast cancer treatment bills from 2011. Every month, without fail. I did my radiation at Lankenau Hospital in suburban Philadelphia, PA. I did my radiation there because … Continue reading
if goop = gwyneth paltrow does goop = b.s. ?
goop ɡo͞op/ noun NORTH AMERICAN informal sloppy or sticky semifluid matter, typically something unpleasant. mawkish sentiment. Gwyneth Paltrow. Actress and self imagined health and lifestyle guru. Have never been a fan as she just gives off the vibes in every … Continue reading
the waiting is the hardest part
Here I sit waiting for my oncologist. Six years have passed and the waiting is still the hardest part. This is the first post I have ever done from the oncologist’s office. I hear the footsteps to and fro outside … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, life after breast cancer, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, love, tamoxifen
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a very pink victory: say buh byes to “breast cancer survivors foundation”
This is a really big deal. There are far too many scam charities out there in this world. This video and a link to the official press release came with a note from an Assistant New York Attorney General: I … Continue reading
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