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oh christ it is october, think before you pink.

Posted on October 1, 2022 by carla

Consider this your annual PSA that I have been providing for 11 years now. Buying pink crap helps the bottom line of corporate America, not so much breast cancer patients, survivors, and victims. Every year as soon as October 1st … Continue reading →

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you know you are over “pinktober” when…..

Posted on October 27, 2013 by carla

When Susan G. Komen co-opts even your eggs, it means enough of Pinktober. Here’s hoping the chickens that lay the eggs are not pink now too….

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truly thinking pink: let’s talk about me for a while

Posted on February 4, 2012 by carla

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 →

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even the grinch would find this driveltastically rude…..

Posted on December 27, 2011 by carla

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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post breast cancer: keeping the faith and being yourself

Posted on December 13, 2011 by carla

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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there but for the grace of God go I

Posted on October 18, 2011 by carla

Today I had a follow-up with my surgeon.  Once again my sweet man and I made the trek to Philadelphia in the afternoon.  I have been going long enough that I have started to recognize the faces:  the newly diagnosed, … Continue reading →

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milestones

Posted on October 11, 2011 by carla

Today in a sense  I said good-bye to my radiation oncologist Marisa Weiss .  Today was our last scheduled appointment as part of my breast cancer treatment.  I am a little verklempt after the fact.  She will always be but a … Continue reading →

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talking to house plants

Posted on October 4, 2011 by carla

O.k. it’s official. I don’t do sick well.  My fever has receded from 101 to 100 and my chest is still croupy but not nearly as pressuretasticly awful as yesterday.   Yes, kid sick and almost talking to house plants. What … Continue reading →

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greetings sports fans

Posted on September 27, 2011 by carla

Live your life so that the fear of death can never enter your heart. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light. Give thanks for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and for … Continue reading →

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breast cancer awareness month is upon us and?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by carla

Breast cancer awareness month is upon us.  As defined by Wikipedia: Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) (also referred to in America as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM)) is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities … Continue reading →

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