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don’t play with me
The gall! I received a phone call a few minutes ago. From the collection arm of my hospital system over a bill related to my breast cancer treatment. A bill I already paid. And oh yes, the amount they called … Continue reading
flashing and moving on….
So, a brief post to say (again) that the hot flashes SUCK. Yes, suck. They seem to happen to me mostly at night. And when they occur in the middle of the night, they wake me up. I hate feeling … Continue reading
welcome to 2012
On January 1st it was 7 months since my lumpectomy a/k/a partial mastectomy. The hot flashes kick my ass late at night sometimes, and I have to say Tamoxifen is also messing with my moods. I don’t like the messing … Continue reading
my awesome friends
So now I know I was on the right track with my earlier post which has incidentally proven to be shall we say slightly locally controversial…I have yet to understand why my opinions can be like lightning rods. I am … Continue reading
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even the grinch would find this driveltastically rude…..
A post that has nothing to do with breast cancer. It’s just when I find something that is on a “news” site the day after Christmas that I can’t decide if the author was raised in a barn or is just … Continue reading
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ghosts of christmas past….
Today a year ago, my sister became a widow, when my awesome brother-in-law died after a 3 week bout with peritoneal mesothelioma. Needless to say I was thinking about him today. My brother-in-law was loving and kind. He had an … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, christmas, ghost of christmas past, Laura Ingalls Wilder, life, tamoxifen
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the cookie chronicles
Did I mention I like to bake? So I told you guys about this awesome baking blog I discovered called “Baking Bites”, right? Well between that and Betty Crocker and AllRecipes.com , I found my cookie inspiration and truly regained my baking … Continue reading
five things
No, not a magnum opus, just a small post that was sparked by a woman I know who is going through the breast cancer dance herself in 2011. Her name is Gwen, and she is an amazing woman and a … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking Bites, breast cancer, christmas, five things, grateful, life
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visiting with a neighbor
Today I saw a neighbor I had not seen in close to a year. He is part of the fabric of my neighborhood. He is older and had a fall which really incapcitated him, and has also had prostate cancer. … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, christmas, life, neighbors, prostate cancer
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post breast cancer: keeping the faith and being yourself
One of the things about breast cancer, is it changes who you are irrevocably in a sense, but on the same hand it shouldn’t change who you are. That sounds like a circle, but women who have had breast cancer … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, breast cancer, christmas, eminent domain, facebook, life, Ludwig's Corner, susan g. komen, The Daily Local
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