Author: Abigail Johnston

I'm a daughter, a wife, a mother, and I've been living with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer since March, 2017. All of the words I publish are my own.

BIONJ, Part II

I've written before about Bisphosphonate Induced Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (BIONJ), which I was diagnosed with back in June of 2020, and you can read about that here. From what I am hearing from a variety of doctors, there are more cases of BIONJ since those of us with MBC and other metastatic cancers are … Continue reading BIONJ, Part II →

Medical Update, 4th of 2021

Those of us who are forever patients are scanned all the time. We lovingly/sarcastically/mournfully call this process "scan, treat, repeat." Because of these regular scans, things that would never have been known about the interior workings of our bodies are known and become a potential issue, at least inside my head. I can't say that … Continue reading Medical Update, 4th of 2021 →

Weekly Round-Up from Marie Ennis O’Conner

T for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me …Weekly Round-Up

Weekly Round-Up from Marie Ennis O’Conner

T for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me …Weekly Round-Up

Weekly Round-Up from Marie Ennis-O’Conner

T for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me …Weekly Round-Up

Names

When I was actively practicing law, I moved among different courthouses, different counties, and different levels of the legal system. In some scenarios, attorneys would show up to cover for another attorney or somehow otherwise didn’t know what their client(s) looked like. Because of this, it was not uncommon for the lawyer to then quietly … Continue reading Names →

Dignity

What is "Dignity"? The English word dignity comes from the Latin word, dignitas, which means “worthiness.” Dignity implies that each person is worthy of honor and respect for who they are, not just for what they can do.  In other words, human dignity cannot be earned and cannot be taken away.  It’s an inalienable gift given … Continue reading Dignity →

Weekly Round-Up from Marie Ennis O’Conner and Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer

Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week.Weekly Round-Up

Grief versus Regret

I was watching one of my favorite TV shows the other day, A Million Little Things, and as often happens, how they dealt with the concept we'd been discussing in a support group that same week resonated with me. In the episode I was watching (and warning, spoiler alert!!), Rome Howard, a character played by … Continue reading Grief versus Regret →

When Convenience and Patient Care Collide

Recently, I was informed of a new process at my cancer center. This information was provided by a scheduling person who was clearly extremely taken aback when I questioned what she wanted me to do and then refused to do what she had been told to schedule. I figured out a workaround for the unacceptable … Continue reading When Convenience and Patient Care Collide →