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A Day of Thanks, Post Mastectomy

It’s here! The new TrueHoops video by my son, the movie director, is finally ready. I love the golf shots, and the shot off the swing. Took them over 2 months. He’s going full force on his youtube channel and has over 30,000 views and 2,200 subscribers. Enjoy!

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 […]

Letting Go of The Wig

Today I donated my wig from last years chemo days to a local group that refurbishes wigs for cancer patients going through chemo. With my sister Sue, in NYC, wearing my wig, towards the end of my chemo treatments. The wig has been meandering around my bedroom for a while. When I first stopped wearing […]

Dense Breasts – What You Should Know

“Personally I believe that clinicians should tell women if they have dense breasts, as the sensitivity of conventional screening methods is lower in these settings.” — Dr. Gary Lyman, Duke University Here’s another article on this whole dense breasts issue. Governor Jerry Brown of California just vetoed a bill that would have made it mandatory in […]

The Faces of Breast Cancer

It’s October and of course that means it’s time for the pinkification of the country. Everywhere you turn there are pink ribbons and all the controversy that goes along with them. Rather than indulge myself in the ongoing anger about turning a disease like breast cancer into a pink fantasy world, what I’d prefer to […]

Losin’ the Wig

A Day of Thanks, Post Mastectomy

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