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.

Bullying

bul·ly /ˈbo͝olē/ verb; gerund or present participle: bullying is to "seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)." I've never been all that susceptible to bullying. There have been times that I felt bullied or pushed by various people in a variety of contexts; however, I wasn't aware of it in the moment. The … Continue reading Bullying →

Death and hurricanes

Have you heard the saying ... "Two things that are a certainty, death and hurricanes."? Oh wait, it's death and taxes, right?! Clearly I'm not up on my sayings. But that's what I'm thinking about ... death and hurricanes. As I write this post, thousands of people in Florida and elsewhere are dealing with the … Continue reading Death and hurricanes →

My second week on Piqray and Faslodex

Last Friday, my sugar spiked to 268 😳 and I had to stop taking Piqray, while starting Metformin, until we got the sugar under control. That set up a truly miserable weekend as I was not aware that I would get ALL THE SIDE EFFECTS from Metformin; truly, it was miserable. Then, I saw my … Continue reading My second week on Piqray and Faslodex →

Negativity

It hasn't happened to me personally yet, however, I've observed several people I know being accused of being negative as they shared their actual, real life experiences with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. I've read their accounts carefully and realized that I've said the same or similar things in this blog and on other social … Continue reading Negativity →

Yoga

When I was pregnant, I went to a few pre-natal yoga classes and despite the fact that I've never been all that flexible, I found that it helped. Once my first baby came and I had to figure out how to fit in work, breastfeeding, pumping, being a mom, etc., yoga fell by the wayside. … Continue reading Yoga →

My first week on Piqray and Faslodex

I started Ibrance and Letrozole in August of 2017. Perhaps it is fitting that it was almost two years to the day that I had to change my regimen because of progression. Yes, it's a mild progression and I'm clinging to that. So, I've now been on Piqray and Faslodex for a week and I've … Continue reading My first week on Piqray and Faslodex →

Junior Achievement

From JuniorAchievement.org, the role of the Junior Achievement program is as follows: "JA's volunteer-delivered, kindergarten-12th grade programs foster work-readiness, entrepreneurshipand financial literacy skills,and use experiential learning to inspire students to dream big and reach their potential." On May 13, 2019, my husband and I led our son's kindergarten class in the set of lessons entitled "Ourselves" designed … Continue reading Junior Achievement →

Our Health Care System is Broken

I understood this from an objective perspective prior to my terminal diagnosis with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. I have fought with insurance companies for decades as a lawyer and hearing that the system needs to be fixed in some or a lot of ways is not entirely unknown to me as a concept. There … Continue reading Our Health Care System is Broken →

On the Night Before School Starts, 2019

My boys go back to school tomorrow, returning to the same elementary school they attended last school year. My eldest, he's 6, is in first grade. He will be, for the first time, in a gifted classroom. My younger son, he's 4, returns as a role model in the LEAP classroom at the same elementary … Continue reading On the Night Before School Starts, 2019 →

Book Review: And it was Beautiful

I recently discovered the books written by Kara Tippetts, a metster like me, who passed away in March of 2015. Like many of us, she began blogging while writing one of her other books (there are three) and her last book, "And it was Beautiful", is a compilation of her blog posts while going through … Continue reading Book Review: And it was Beautiful →