Three rounds into Taxol and I think it looks like a pretty smooth ride. I made it through two weeks of no major side effects but got a...

New Year, New Chemo and New Me!! I started the last leg of my chemotherapy journey last week with a 9 hour session of chemo. Don’t...

The countdown begins!! Since September, I’ve had three operations, one hospitalization and 4 rounds of Adriamycin and 4 rounds of...

It’s New Year’s Eve. What a year it has been. I am now almost three weeks out from my last surgery and this time, there was no recovery...

One boob, one drain, one ball and no hair. Rawr, hawt, right? Anniversary Dinner in a fancy place. Challenge accepted and defeated!...

Breast cancer seems to be a secret society that I am now a member of. I seem to hear a lot about women who have gone through it, but way...

Plain and simple, chemo sucks in so many ways. The first round leaves you nervous and scared because you simply don’t know how your body...

“Find your new normal,” they said. Well, life was anything but normal before my diagnosis and I’ve since discovered a whole new...

My youngest watched me in the mirror as I brushed my hair and said, “You’re like a pretty zombie with all of those stitches in your...

My sons sometimes have a hilarious way of explaining things. We were having a conversation in my car coming home from school the other...

It seems my birthday has snuck up on me this year. In my head, it is still early September so I wasn’t quite ready for today. Normally,...

Butterflies…they go through several stages to get to become the beautiful butterfly. Some of those stages aren’t so pretty. Some are...

Breasts, boobs, tatas, funbags, call them what you will… but pay attention. Talk. Talk about getting screenings and self exams just as...

Life goes on…for all of us, including me. Everyone has gone back to work and school and here I am, left to my own devices. It's been...

Today makes 6 days post op from my double exorcism. The forced nap was delicious, tyvm. This has been a very long and slow process and...

Surgery. I had been dreading it for weeks but it came on fast. The day before was filled with so much anxiety. I’m very much a control...