Category Archives: Awareness

To ignore or to educate: that is the question

I don’t think any of us really expects people to offer us perfect words of wisdom or comfort when they find out about our diagnoses, but I am surprised by how many people have impulsively said really inappropriate and completely … Continue reading

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April 1

It was on an April 1 that I received my first chemo treatment. I got a chance. On April 1, this week, my cousin Glenny — who I wrote about two weeks ago — died of metastatic BC. She did … Continue reading

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What ever happened to that girl?

My honey always tells me, “be careful posting about your dreams. Not everyone believes that they actually mean anything.” But what does he know? As a matter of fact, I am picturing him right now shaking his head because of … Continue reading

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Today felt different

You’ve all heard of the saying “seek and you shall find,” right? I thought of this a lot today in relation to me wanting to know everything about my genes and the genetic mutations that might have caused my breast … Continue reading

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