I made it to 2018

My biggest fear with cancer was to not live long enough to see another snowfall.  But I made it to Winter 2018.  And wiped snow off my car.  Three times in one day!  I wasn’t sure I would make it this far when I had this conversation with myself: Stage IV I died in 2017.  […]

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Push Over

I went shopping at the mall yesterday to try to get all of my Christmas shopping done in one day.  Almost succeeded.  Just two gifts left for my son.  I want to get him a new phone because he desperately needs one.  His phone no longer takes pictures, fades in and out of wifi and […]

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Nancy’s Blogging Challenge

I’m late to the game!  Nancy @ Nancy’s Point challenged readers and writers with 10 Random Things About Cancer at New Summer Blogging Challenge Here are my answers, Nancy! Share anything you want about your cancer diagnosis (or your loved one’s). Share your age, cancer type, stage, when you were diagnosed, family history (if any), […]

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Venus, Mars or the Storm on Jupiter?

Caution!  This blog post contains photos of my breast burned by radiation. Radiation from the Sun.  Radiation Oncology.  Radiation burns. I have almost completed 20 rounds of radiation to my right breast … the final steps in my Triple Negative Breast Cancer treatment plan.  The first 16 rounds of dose dense radiation were beamed into […]

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Me VS Everything

If God wants to bring me to my knees, He knows what to do. A critically ill child. He can do anything to me.  Throw anything at me.  I keep getting knocked down.  I keep getting back up. But don’t touch my kid. I couldn’t handle that.  However, who am I to choose?  Those other […]

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The Power of Positivity

We’ve all heard the message.  Every doctor I’ve had during my Pink Dot Detour with Triple Negative Breast Cancer has told me. Your attitude is everything.  Your perception matters.  You are what you think.  Why does it matter?  It changes your outcome.  People CAN and DO die of broken hearts.  People can wish themselves ill.  […]

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