breast cancer

Why October Gets Me Thinking About Recurrence

Determining Whether Or Not To Get A Port For Chemotherapy

Where I’ll Be Donating My Money This October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

My Personal Relationship With the Month of October

What To Give to Someone Who’s Diagnosed With Cancer

I never used to know what to do when someone got sick. I’d be afraid to bring it up to them, afraid to ask them about it, afraid to offer help. Worried that I’d intrude or say the wrong thing. When I was diagnosed, I was so afraid to talk about it at first, but […]

My Son the Movie Director

“Every child is born a genius.” — Albert Einstein I am the proud mother of a future movie director. My son Chris, has been making videos since he was 10 or 11. Neither Mike or I have any idea how to make movies, so this is all Chris, he just decided to figure it out […]

My Breast Reconstruction Experience

This is the post where I explain my specific beast reconstruction process. The mastectomy and reconstruction were very difficult for me, and for many women I’ve spoken to, so this is hard to write about, but important for anyone else going through the process. Once I knew I was going to proceed with a […]

My Left Breast Site Redesign!

Welcome to the new and improved My Left Breast! For a long time I’ve wanted to move from my simple site on Blogger to WordPress; spending hours trying to fathom what the heck the tutorials on migration from one platform to another meant, going cross-eyed over words like HTML, code, meta data, widgets and tagging, which all just sound […]

The Big Box of Christmas Tree Memories

“It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!… Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!” — Dr. Seuss, How The Grinch Stole Christmas This angels face looks kind of pre-Raphaelite to me, look […]

Why October Gets Me Thinking About Recurrence

Determining Whether Or Not To Get A Port For Chemotherapy

Where I’ll Be Donating My Money This October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Spring Has Sprung

A Breast Cancer Super Hero

My Personal Relationship With the Month of October

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