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An Open Letter To Myself About Breast Cancer

The Last Leg Of the Great French Adventure: Normandy

The Great French Adventure: Last Day in Paris

The Great French Adventure: Part 2

How Angelina Jolie Pitt’s Decision Can Help Us Become Stronger Healthcare Advocates For Ourselves

13 Facts Everyone Should Know About Metastatic Breast Cancer

How I Unveiled My Reconstructed Breasts For the First Time and Probably Scarred a Young Boy For Life

Tomorrow it will be 3 years since my mastectomy (November 15, 2010). And, since it’s an anniversary of sorts, I wanted to write something to honor the day, but frankly I’m so sick of talking about the serious side of breast cancer that I decided instead I would use the occasion to relate one […]

Losin’ the Wig

Last week I decided to stop wearing my wig, and start going out with my “real” hair. After chemo, my hair came in completely silver, in addition to being so curly that it looks kind of like a very short Afro. So I decided to dye it myself on that snow day last week; after […]

Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book: Newly Updated 6th Edition Just Released

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, one of the first things I did was go to my local book store to find the best and most comprehensive books I could find to help guide my decisions. The two books that I kept on my bedside table throughout the entire year were “Dr. Susan Love’s […]

My 15 Favorite Books Of All Time

Both of my parents were English majors in college. Our childhood home was filled with shelves and shelves of books, most of them the classics and works of great literature. I read War & Peace when I was only 12 years old and when I mentioned it to my mother, she accused me of just […]

Sh*t Girls Say to Girls with Breast Cancer

“Is it the bad kind?” — Jenny Saldana Fell. On. The. Floor. Laughing. Jenny Saldana is a writer, actress and breast cancer survivor. These are things she heard while going through her own breast cancer story. I love that she kept a sense of humor; this video is shockingly hilarious (if you’ve been through a […]