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Why I Fell In Love With Dr. Susan Love

The Faces of Breast Cancer

The Top 5 Ways To Prepare For Dropping Your Child Off At College

The 4 Books that I Found To Be The Most Helpful During Breast Cancer

How To Survive a Breast MRI

I Got Breast Cancer And Then Decided To Put In A Pool

Beyond the Pink Moon Support Group

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I found several online support groups that I visited frequently for information and insights as I navigated the very confusing world of treatment options and procedures. Many of these sites would provide very hands on practical information – the “in the know” information that my doctors and nurses often […]

Cancun Memories

Yup, those are my toes. Cancun was beautiful, the weather was phenomenal and the ocean was gorgeous. “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.” — Lao Tzu It started out a little shakily. US Air overbooked the flight and, you guessed it, we got bumped. It was kind of […]

10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was In My 30’s

Lately I’ve been thinking about how wise I’ve become. If you haven’t snort laughed yet, you should. I would never have referred to myself as the wise type. But, now that I’m in my 50’s (God, how old that sounds), I am a whole lot wiser than I was in my 30’s and 40’s. Here’s […]

HealtheVoices 2016 Conference

This weekend I’m attending HealtheVoices 2016, a healthcare advocates blogging conference in Chicago, Illinois. I’m kind of excited, kind of nervous, as I always get when I’ll be in large crowds of people I don’t know (yet). It’s really well organized and they’ve already sent out a list of the 100 or so attendees with […]

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 […]