Hi Friends! Both friends I have known forever and friends who I have not yet met who have experienced a cancer diagnosis themselves or with someone they love. It has been a long time since I have posted an update, but I visited my oncologist this week for my annual appointment (only annual visits now!)... Continue Reading →
Soaking in life and appreciating it so much! It has been a long time since I have written. Part of me feels badly about that, but then there's this sweet voice inside of me that reminds me that it's okay because I have a wonderful excuse...I have been too busy living my life! It has... Continue Reading →
I have found there to be many parallels between the COVID-19 experience and the cancer experience. There’s the fear that likes to creep in as I am trying to fall asleep. There’s the Groundhog Day like quality of each day at home. There’s a need to stay focused on the present because the future is... Continue Reading →
It is a challenge for all of us to decide how far to take healthy living. How many vegetables should we try to jam pack into our days? How much sugar is okay? Are adult beverages still in the cards? Do meat and dairy have to be cut out completely? And now that I am... Continue Reading →
Today is the one-year anniversary of my breast cancer diagnosis. I remember the day very well and there’s a big part of me that is happy to remember the entire year of challenges and victories. Yes, I wanted to donate my wigs as quickly as possible. Yes, I wanted to finish chemotherapy and radiation. Yes,... Continue Reading →
I would like to begin by admitting that, although I am smiling in all of these pictures, I started off completely freaked out by the thought of losing my hair. So, if you are afraid, I get it. And to top it off, my son who was seven at the time and did not know... Continue Reading →
I read a great book when I first found out I had to have chemotherapy called Tea & Chemo by Jackie Buxton. She has a section titled “The Fear”. I love how placing a “The” before fear captures its magnitude and weight. For me, the fear is about the cancer returning (recurrence) as it seems... Continue Reading →
I know it can really get on some people’s nerves to talk about the “gifts” of cancer, but I love talking about them. I feel truly grateful for all the amazing things to come from this really hard and scary thing. My hope is that in sharing some of mine, you will start to feel... Continue Reading →
I heard the words “you have breast cancer” on Halloween 2018. I was 43. As the title indicates, the first (and super intelligent) word out of my mouth was “Really?”. I didn’t see myself as the breast cancer “type” whatever that means. I had flipped past articles on the subject many times because the topic... Continue Reading →
Bold: fearless before danger, assured, confident, adventurous, and free. Cancer helped me to become a bolder version of myself. I didn't have a choice about my triple negative breast cancer diagnosis or my BRCA 2 mutation, but I did have a choice about how I handled it, how I operated throughout my treatment and beyond.... Continue Reading →
GO BOLD BABE 