It’s a big day, three years since my double mastectomy. Why is that important? My oncologist uses it as the day I was disease free. Chemo...

It’s that time of year where everything turns to pink and attention turns to breast cancer awareness. Oh, believe me, I am aware every...

Three years ago, I got the dreaded call. It was my son’s birthday and I kept my diagnosis hushed. Each year since, it hovers and is a...

As a cancer patient and now as a survivor, my mortality is usually front and center in my mind. I don’t like that and I don’t like...

Circle of Life. Let’s face it. It’s not pretty and always has the same ending. I try not to dwell on that too much but it’s always...

When I first met the husband, I made it clear how much I love Florida. We vacationed on the east coast and he was hooked. My plan was...

Fears…we all have them. Some rational, some irrational but they are ours. I’m not fearless. I have some irrational ones like afraid to...

This was supposed to be my year, y’all! I keep thinking it is still summer and there are still a number of months in 2020. I’m...

Pinky A cancer diagnosis and all that follows is nothing short of dramatic and traumatic.  I knew I’d lose my hair 2 weeks after my first...

This is my third Thanksgiving since being diagnosed with cancer. Each one has been markedly different.  The first one landed me overnight...

Every doctor visit starts off with the usual question now, “How do you feel?” no matter the type of doctor or the visit.  My answers are...

Two years ago, I took the first major step in ridding my body of cancer.  I had my double mastectomy and some lymph nodes removed.  At...

A lot has changed in two years.  October has a whole new meaning to me now.  I don’t mind all of the pink ribbons everywhere.  Hell, I’d...

The last two years have flown by, I wish I could say it was a blur, but it wasn’t.  I can still feel the wound of hearing I had cancer,...

I’m a Jersey Girl who has wanted to move to Florida for at least two decades.  We took the plunge and did it.  One year ago, we started...

I closed the door on my cancer treatments just as this pandemic hit.  My husband finally closed the door on his long and very successful...

In Lewis Carroll’s story, “Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland,” young Alice fell into a rabbit hole and embarked on a surreal journey.  We...

Life is full of curveballs and disappointments.  We’ve all had them, especially during this Quarantine Life.  Seems like a long stretch,...

Yesterday was my 6 month post treatment appointment with my oncologist.  Six months of not living in three week cycles but not six months...

I’ve lost count of the weeks and usually don’t know what day it is. This time, I can’t blame it on chemo brain, although I try! Still...