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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
Posted in breast cancer
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
Posted in breast cancer
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
six years.
Six years. I feel like I have lived an entire other life since the cancer was cut out…six years ago today. I have avoided writing this post all day. And now as I sit in the quiet of the place … Continue reading
Posted in breast cancer
Tagged breast cancer survivor, shawn colvin never saw blue like that, six years
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dear pat toomey, bob casey and entire US senate….
As your constituent and as an American I’m asking you to protect all Americans by opposing the American Health Care Act. This harmful bill gives billions to special interests while dramatically increasing costs for older Americans. This bill includes an … Continue reading
Posted in breast cancer, health insurance
Tagged affordable care act, breast cancer, Donald Trump, healthcare, politics, smerican healthcare act, trumpcare
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