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#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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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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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
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Tagged affordable care act, breast cancer, Donald Trump, healthcare, politics, smerican healthcare act, trumpcare
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anniversaries and the way things happen
Tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of my diagnosis of invasive lobular breast cancer. Knock on wood I’m still cancer free. And I’ve said it before, but a long strange trip it has indeed been. Truly. I still remember exactly what … Continue reading
another spin on pink sisterhood
My anniversaries approach. My cancerversaries as it were. I do not want to jinx myself. I just want to meet my goal or remaining cancer free. It has been a long strange trip indeed, with a lot of … Continue reading
new year, new test
I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy last week. The anesthesia and procedure made me not so hot for a few days but I am glad I did it. Do not ignore doing this. It was the test I was the … Continue reading
rise up
It started with a message from a friend: ** Please Consider Calling / E-mailing for Obamacare** Paul Ryan’s office is conducting a phone poll, hoping to hear overwhelming opposition to the Affordable Care Act. Here’s how you can participate: Call … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, obamacare, paul ryan, rise up
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targeting target for breast cancer profiteering
Dear Target, I hate Pinktober. It is a vomitorious b*llshit pink month for a lot of us who have had breast cancer, or are currently undergoing treatment, or live with the metastatic form of the disease. Take your shirt for … Continue reading
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Tagged Aetna, boycott target, breast cancer, brian cornell, CNN, fox news, Hoda Kotb, janna potts, jeffrey j jones II, john mulligan, MSNBC, new york times, target, target corporation
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n.e.d. is my friend
Five years. It’s official. I am FIVE years cancer free. N.E.D. or No Evidence of Disease. Yay!!!!!!!!!
five years
Five years ago right now I was a haze of leftover anesthesia and pain meds. Today is June 1st and five years ago now I had a partial mastectomy or lumpectomy. Next week I start my five year tests. Mammogram, … Continue reading
