Anyone who has met me knows that I'm often painfully precise. My husband often comments how this tendency has shown up in our marriage and our parenting and now my kids often hold our feet to the fire on the words that come out of our mouths. My parents got me a shirt for my … Continue reading Language, Part I
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ReBlog from Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer: Weekly Round-Up
It’s that time of the week again when I bring you the top posts I’ve come across this week. These posts have left an impact on me, they have either … Weekly Round-Up
Reblog from DiepCJourney: Microsurgery and DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction and all it’s Worth
Anyone who has had to have surgery and reconstruction due to a cancer diagnosis or potential cancer diagnosis will confidently and correctly tell you that this experience is so very different from an augmentation or other breast surgery. There are multiple options for the type of reconstruction and a federal law requires that insurance companies … Continue reading Reblog from DiepCJourney: Microsurgery and DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction and all it’s Worth
Struggling to Stay Alive
As some of you follow me on Twitter, you've probably noticed some of my "rage tweeting" recently over some frustrations I've encountered with the healthcare system. Over the past almost 6 years of living with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC), I’ve noticed that things usually work pretty well for a while but then there … Continue reading Struggling to Stay Alive
ReBlog: Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer’s Weekly Round-Up
It’s that time of the week again when I bring you the top posts I’ve come across this week. These posts have left an impact on me, they have either … Weekly Round-Up
Honoring others at the end of life
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you’ll have read a few posts about handling the loss of friends in the Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) community. Some of the posts that come to my mind are: Living with Loss, On Surviving the death of Friends, and To Bear Witness. … Continue reading Honoring others at the end of life
ReBlog: Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer’s Weekly Round-Up
It’s that time of the week again when I bring you the top posts I’ve come across this week. These posts have left an impact on me, they have either … Weekly Round-Up
The Stockdale Paradox
Since my diagnosis with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) in 2017, I’ve struggled with those relentlessly positive people in and around cancer. You know the ones, they are always “up,” always talking about how a cure is right around the corner, always proclaiming how cancer made their lives better, always jumping on the bandwagon … Continue reading The Stockdale Paradox
ReBlog; Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer: Weekly Round-Up
It’s that time of the week again when I bring you the top posts I’ve come across this week. These posts have left an impact on me, they have either … Weekly Round-Up
ReBlog from Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer: the Weekly Round-Up
It’s time for this week’s round-up of the best posts I’ve read this week. This is a collection of posts that have inspired me, taught me something, … Weekly Round-Up
No Half Measures 