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.

“You got this,” a rant

All too often when I or someone else in the Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) community post about a struggle or a challenging experience, the response is "You got this." That comment is often accompanied by an emoji of a flexed bicep, likely meant to communicate strength or that the basis for the words … Continue reading “You got this,” a rant →

Collective Grief

Yesterday, the amazing Kelly Grosklegs joined Laura Carfang and I for our biweekly conversation about issues that the Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) community faces, with a focus on end of life issues. Our subject this week was Grief and Laura titled our conversation a "Grief Circle," which I love. The conversation was streamed live on … Continue reading Collective Grief →

PET/CT Results and the Pesky Met

Many of you are aware that I had a PET/CT last Friday and I really appreciate all the calls and texts and the lovely flowers I got in the mail -- I'm so appreciative of the support that surrounds me, near and far! As many of you totally get, the lead up to scans is … Continue reading PET/CT Results and the Pesky Met →

Modesty, A Collaboration

Recently, I had to disrobe completely for a scan. I was already wearing a hospital gown that I'd been given after I tried to stay in my own clothes for said scan. There were three people in the room, two women and a man, all radiology techs and all looking straight at me before, during … Continue reading Modesty, A Collaboration →

Silver Linings

I use this term a lot and spend a lot of time looking for silver linings now that I'm in the middle of dealing with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC). From doing a little research, I found this historical source of the term from 1634: John Milton coined the phrase 'silver lining':Was I deceived, … Continue reading Silver Linings →

4th Cancerversary

Amazingly enough, today marks four (4) years, forty-eight (48) months, two hundred and eight (208) weeks, one thousand four hundred sixty (1,460) days, thirty-five thousand forty hours (35,040), two million one hundred two thousand four hundred (2,102,400) minutes, and one hundred twenty-six million one hundred forty-four thousand (126,144,000) seconds since I was told "you have … Continue reading 4th Cancerversary →

Weekly Round-Up

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