I’ve been staring at this blank screen for weeks. I want to write. I want, no, I need to write in order to get this grief out of my head/heart and into something more manageable. The fact that I’ve had a worrisome PET, that my new meds are proving complicated to handle, and the fact … Continue reading Grief and Love; Love and Grief →

Let’s set the scene ... You have spent some time in the hospital, had a serious illness, and you receive excellent care, so you are able to come home. It takes a few days but you start feeling back to your normal. As you begin to exhale and get immersed in your life again, you … Continue reading Surprise Billing, Part II →

Recently, I was sitting in a waiting room at my cancer center within the breast cancer clinic, which isn't the most pleasant of places, also I hate to wait, so I'm usually irritated just having to sit there.  The room was full of women in various stages of treatment, many sporting the typical trappings of … Continue reading Courtesy →

I’ve never reblogged an article written by someone else before, but Kit has put into words the frustration I’ve been feeling for a while about the hype surrounding the corona virus!👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻Warning this blog discusses secondary/metastatic/stage 4 breast cancer and the impact of living with a compromised immune system during the corona …Cancer and corona

I love 24, the TV show. Elliot and I stumbled upon it years ago when we were staying in a hotel and then we were addicted. We went back to the beginning and watched every single episode more than once. We were binge watching before we knew what that was! And so, as I often … Continue reading 24 →

I wrote a blog post recently that really resonated with a lot of people about how I feel about dear friends dying and how hard it really is to live with a terminal disease. Yes, despite some efforts to recast Stage IV metastatic breast Cancer as “chronic,” the rate of 116 men and women dying … Continue reading How can I help? →

Before my diagnosis of Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) in 2017, death wasn’t a concept that had been a significant part of my life experiences. I lost a few grandparents and other extended family as I aged but they were elderly and ill and they were, arguably, ready to be done with living with … Continue reading When a friend is dying →

I arrived on a cold (at least cold for this Florida-girl) and blustery day in Philadelphia for the HU Connexion Conference in October of 2019. This is the third conference of this kind for the parent company behind advancedbreastcancer.net, (aka ABC) which I write for. Health Union, LLC owns and operates more than twenty disease … Continue reading Health Union Connexion Conference 2019 →