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 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 was stoic and even cheerful in the pre-op room until they started to wheel me back to the OR. Then I started to weep. I remember the OR being so bright and all the sweet nurses saying “Hi Amy!” when they wheeled me in. I tried to explain through my tears that I was... 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 