Why do I feel like I should be singing Pat Benatar’s Love is a Battlefield as I write this blog entry? This post is dedicated to my chemical warefare … Doxorubicin – Adriamycin – Red Devil is the first chemotherapy drug in my regimen. It stops the growth of cells by blocking an enzyme called […]
I can picture that photo being at my funeral. It’s so full of life and love. And pure joy. I did achieve pure joy on this planet. The sky is so blue … the sun is so golden … And I love that moment with Carly, my chocolate lab mix. Today is Day 2 of […]
Hi everyone! This is Sophie … if you are following along on my Pink Dot Detour with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, you know that I lost all my hair 13 days after my first chemo infusion. Each wig – I currently have five with two more in the works – brings out different characteristics of my […]
About a year after I left my ex, I started a 12-week program for abused women. There were weeks when I sat in that room – looking at those other fourteen women – and thought to myself “I don’t belong here.” Some of the physical abuse stories were horrific. I had only been physically hurt […]
I’ve been puzzling over why losing my hair is so traumatic … and I think I have figured out why. I’ve never been bald. I was born with a full head of dark hair. I wasn’t born with breasts … they came later. I was pretty much fully developed by age twelve. And also at […]
Do you play with your hair? Or love to have your significant other play with it? If there is one thing I love … it’s having someone play with my hair. Quickest way to my heart? Play with my hair and kiss me on the forehead. Close your eyes. Run your fingers through your hair. […]
Listen to this song as you read my blog today … My Heart Will Go On I had wanted to post a positive upbeat blog entry chronicling my 10-day journey through Emerg and being admitted to the Oncology Ward in Lakeridge Health Oshawa, but the words were too … clinical. And that shouldn’t be happening […]
The evening after my first chemo treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer, my friend, confidante and cohort in crime Sherri asked me what I wanted for dinner that night. I told her I was craving a light and lemony pasta dish from the cookbook Simple by Diana Henry. Earlier in my diagnosis, my friend Bridget […]
I will have to edit this on the fly … my head is pounding and I can’t figure out why it is featuring the lunch menu on Facebook rather than the chemo photos! I can’t look at my own FB feed because the photo now makes me barfy *Fixed! This blog post isn’t for the […]
Disclaimer: This will be a difficult read if you and your life have been affected by depression and suicide. When my mammogram and ultrasound came back as highly suspicious for malignancy, my mental heath took a deep dive. If you know me, you know I am positive – glass full – see the best in […]