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.

Hair

I was born with a full head of hair and it just grew from there. When I was younger, I had the 80s bowl cut (among many others) and I think I’ve had every length of hair you can envision, including the length so long that I would accidentally sit on strands if I wasn’t … Continue reading Hair →

Strength

It took me some time after my Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) de novo diagnosis in 2017 to figure out how open I wanted to be about my diagnosis and living with cancer.  That was partially because I didn’t know what I was going to do with my law firm and my clients.  I’d always been … Continue reading Strength →

Allostatic Load

I had a Twitter account for my business before I was diagnosed with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) in 2017 but I didn't "know" anyone on Twitter or really understand how Twitter works. Oh, how times have changed!! A few years ago, I started getting more active on Twitter, specifically in the cancer advocacy … Continue reading Allostatic Load →

Vulnerability

I hate being vulnerable and I suspect that most people don't particularly enjoy the feeling either. Recently, I had to be in a situation of physical vulnerability (i.e., naked) in order to access radiation treatment and I started thinking about how often those of us who are patients are put into a position of vulnerability. … Continue reading Vulnerability →

Tagging

I was born in 1978 and I've often seen it said that I belong in some sort of sandwich generation where I'm not really a part of any of the recognized generations since I was exposed to technology as a kid but it wasn't really ubiquitous until I reached adulthood. For reference, I had a … Continue reading Tagging →

I understand … another rant

I warned you, didn’t I?! I hate it when people who have no idea what they are talking about make a vague and surface-y attempt to appear empathetic by saying “I understand.” Also, the tone is a big issue. When I am attempting to advocate for myself and demonstrate to someone how their behavior demeans … Continue reading I understand … another rant →

Chocolate and Sunshine brings us Marie’s … Weekly Round-Up: The Easter Edition

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: The Easter Edition