Category Archives: breast cancer
15 years
15 years ago on this date, I had breast cancer surgery. I had clear margins I was BRCA, HER2 etc. negative. I am still one of the lucky ones. I think having had breast cancer in a weird way opened … Continue reading
hypocrisy in the land of breast cancer women
So I had put up a post in this Facebook group of breast cancer patients and survivors where I had volunteered to help run it with the group owner because she needed help as her life was really busy right … Continue reading
hospice: the final chapter (no, not me)
The past couple of posts I have written about someone with a truly awful cancer situation who was in my life for a fairly long season. I use the word “season“ as in that old saying of people are in … Continue reading
a winter of discontent?
You know you never want to be critical of people with cancer because we all handle it differently. It’s a disease with a very public face, that is a very private battle. It’s a battle that is painful emotionally and … Continue reading
pettiness and cancer
I have an older friend. For years, she was one of my rocks, but eventually, as is the case with most humans, the cracks show and I think she will end up being one of those people who was close … Continue reading
it helps with lymphedema, but insurance companies make it cost prohibitive.
Yes, it looks like something out of Lost in Space. It’s an at home machine to help with lymphedema. I meant to post this during breast cancer awareness month but honestly? I have a dog going through cancer treatment and … Continue reading
in honor of breast cancer awareness month it’s time to remind you that this disease is neither pink nor fluffy.
Here we are, another year, another Pinktober. It has taken 14 years for me to realize the problem is not the fact that it’s October and it’s about breast cancer awareness, it’s still about all the pink crap that manufacturers … Continue reading
lymphedema encore
So my lymphedema is back and now it’s in my arm. The lymphedema is in my left arm where the lymph nodes were removed 14 years ago June 1. I had previously had lymphedema in my lower left leg, and … Continue reading
reflection
Because of the bizarro world of when insurance allows you to schedule your mammogram and when your hospital system has availability, I didn’t get my annual screening until July 3rd. It was the same old irritating apprehension a few days … Continue reading
fourteen years.
June 1 it is an amazing 14 years since my breast cancer surgery. I am one of the lucky ones, and I have always known that. I have lost friends over the years to breast and other cancers. Today was … Continue reading
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