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tamoxifen girl: life marches on
As I was sitting here finishing up my entry into the 2012 Note & Words Essay Contest and the phone rang. It’s one of my gals, and not with happy news. Added bonus? Both bits of unhappiness have to do … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Note & Words Essay Contest, breast cancer, life, tamoxifen
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girl power
Check out a post on my other blog titled girl power. Making good on my promise to myself to do what brings me pleasure, I had buckets of fun photographing an event today. So this post is not about breast … Continue reading
a new journey begins
Having breast cancer changes you. Forever. Irrevocably. Once you have had it once, you don’t want it again, but the reality is if you don’t take care of yourself, you put yourself at increased risk for recurrence. I had made … 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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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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breast cancer mardi gras….there’s a cartoon!!!
As I sit here and FLASH, it’s the little things that amuse me. So a fellow breast cancer blogger who has a post up recently about her lovely experiences in chemically induced menopause, has a cartoon in the post that … Continue reading
