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 →
From Cancer to COVID: Giving Ourselves Permission to Dream
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 →
The Bold Decision To Go Flat
My sister, Kaye, made the decision to stop cancer before it could start by having a bilateral mastectomy two weeks ago. Making her decision even bolder, she has decided to stay flat (or breast free). I would love to share why she made her decision, what the experience has been like for her, and what... Continue Reading →
Why Bold?
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 →
