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Tag Archives: breast cancer
happy valentine’s day
Today is a think pink for love kind of day. My journey continues with breast cancer – no, not a recurrence, the journey itself. I knew when I was diagnosed my life would change, and part of that change would … Continue reading
sharing a poem
I love Robert Frost… BOND AND FREE BY ROBERT FROST Love has earth to which she clings With hills and circling arms about– Wall within wall to shut fear out. But Thought has need of no such things, For Thought … Continue reading
truly thinking pink: let’s talk about me for a while
Last night I had a photography shoot at an event I was working on and when I got home, I swear my left breast where the lumpectomy occurred was throbbing and full of sharp little pain darts (for lack of a … Continue reading
the pink stink grows
http://connect.facebook.net/rsrc.php/v1/yQ/r/f3KaqM7xIBg.swf http://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth?api_key=41245586762&app_id=41245586762&channel_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-static.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Dfa28dadc1f44e%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fihavebreastcancerblog.wordpress.com%252Fff75eafdf18703%26relation%3Dparent.parent%26transport%3Dpostmessage&client_id=41245586762&display=none&domain=ihavebreastcancerblog.wordpress.com&locale=en_US&origin=1&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs-static.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Df30163884fa02fa%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fihavebreastcancerblog.wordpress.com%252Fff75eafdf18703%26relation%3Dparent%26transport%3Dpostmessage%26frame%3Df2bc63f22a6cfa&response_type=token%2Csigned_request%2Ccode&sdk=joey Breast cancer and women’s health issues should not be about politics any more than a woman’s right to choose. I am happy that the PINK STINK is growing against monster charity Susan G. Komen. And they deserve it. … Continue reading
eight months
In the midst of all the crazy news about the uncharitable actions of Susan G. Komen that broke yesterday and went viral today (and isn’t an awesome PINK STINK being raised?), I neglected to self-celebrate a little mini cancerversary of … Continue reading
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Tagged boycott Read for the Cure, boycott susan g. komen, breast cancer, cancerversaries, eight months, life
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shame, shame, shame on susan g. komen
Now I will admit I am the hot flashing not sleeping annoyed by Tamoxifen gal, but this article on Slate makes my blood boil. It appears that Susan G. Komen, the super slut of breast cancer charities is doing Planned … Continue reading
human nature and in memoriam
Human nature is a funny thing. And soon I will be a year out since my official breast cancer diagnosis, and I keep rediscovering we as human beings are curious creatures indeed. Especially when it comes to this disease in … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, death, Joanna Putney Durdle, life, tamoxifen
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good idea….but…..
Ok, so like most women who have had breast cancer, I do have issues some days with the “girls” looking uneven. Well, hell, let’s get real, I am missing a chunk of my left breast due to the lumpectomy. And … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, life, lumpectomy, mastectomy, Red Thread by Dr. Deb, west chester patch
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trials and tribulations
Tamoxifen is so screwing with my sleep I am down right miserable. And the hot flashes and night sweats right now honestly suck. I know it will pass, but I am exhausted and crabby right now. So maybe it’s the … Continue reading
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