It’s been a long time since I made my way back to my blog. Looking through all the draft posts I’ve started but never finished over the last year, they all have to same common theme of realizing when its time to set some boundaries. […]
Two years ago today, I had my lumpectomy. In my new job with the After Breast Cancer program with the YMCA, I gather information from participants. Included in that information, I ask them important milestones of any breast cancer journey. When were you diagnosed? When […]
A funny thing happens when you give out your blog’s URL. You visit it and realize it hasn’t been updated in almost a year. OOPS! Truthfully, though, its just because I’ve been living life and feeling so grateful for what feels like a second chance […]
When I was first diagnosed and dipped my toes into breast cancer support groups, I found myself very perplexed by the attitudes of many women who had completed treatment and were in remission. They seemed to be just an anxious about things as I was […]
It’s been over four months since I finished chemo. It’s been a week and a half since I finished radiation. Life is quickly starting to feel a little bit closer to normal. Diagnosis feels like an entire lifetime ago. So does getting word I had […]
As an adult, I’ve come to love St. Patrick’s Day. I’m not Irish. I don’t go out and get drunk. But for years working downtown Nashville (before it became the insanity it is today), it came to be a night that, no matter what day […]
My doctor told me that six weeks past chemo seems to be a sweet spot for their patients. It’s the time when they’ve been told “things get better.” Can confirm. Last Friday marked the six-week mark post-chemo. I thought I’d been doing well, until this […]
This coming Friday is my last round of chemotherapy for breast cancer. Following this will be surgery, (probably) radiation and continued immunotherapy. I’ve been a ball of anxiety for the last week. I’d read about women feeling anxious, and even depressed, at the end of […]
