Today was my 6 month checkup at the cancer center. I go twice a year to have blood work done and meet with my oncologist. It’s usually crowded at the cancer center, but Friday’s are always the worst. Today was no exception, there were already 12 people in the waiting room at 8:30 a.m.; 10 women, […]
Finding The Right Plastic Surgeon For Reconstruction
One of the things I wish I’d handled differently in my breast cancer process is that I wish I’d had this one plastic surgeon who was touted as being “the best” in the area, perform my breast reconstruction. I had a couple of meetings with him, we had agreed to the type of procedure (expanders with […]
A Thanksgiving Turkey Story
Happy Thanksgiving, dear My Left Breast readers! I thought I’d share a quick, funny Thanksgiving story from my early marriage to get the merriment going. One of the first years we were married, we were hosting Thanksgiving at our place for friends and family. It wasn’t the first time I’d ever made a turkey, so […]
I Used To Do Life. Now I Experience Life.
In the back of my mind I’m almost always thinking about what my next blog post will be. There are days, weeks even, where I just don’t want to write about breast cancer, think about breast cancer or even remind myself that I had breast cancer. And on those days, I start to think that I […]
I’m Just About Ready To Kick Gwyneth Paltrow In the Teeth
The quote above is by Dr. Habib Sadeghi in the latest Gwyneth Paltrow Goop newsletter which I subscribed to a while ago and still haven’t cancelled (although after this one, I may just have to). I take such umbrage at this quote. It bothers me deeply because it insinuates that those of us who have experienced cancer […]
Mom, Can You Make Me Some Shrimp?
This is the question I got from my 16 year old son on a recent weekend afternoon. Mind you, the shrimp he’s referring to is a huge 2 1/2 lb. bag of shrimp in the frig’ which I was planning to make into this delicious New York Times shrimp scampi recipe for the family dinner later that night. To help […]