Navigating the new me ∼ Page 5 ∼ BC Becky

Live life on your own terms

Wed May 25, 2016

Last weekend I attended a memorial service for a friend from support group. She was the first person within my face-to-face circle of friends to die of breast cancer.…

Place memories

Wed May 18, 2016

Emotional Journey

The other day I said to my husband that Yosemite was my "cancer place". The first time I went there was as a brief holiday before the beginning of…

Finding a parking space

Mon May 2, 2016

Navigating the new me

As I pulled into Costco today, it occurred to me that I didn't know where to park. This repeated itself for each errand I had to run today -…

I didn’t get sick … life with #celiac disease

Thu April 28, 2016

Celiac

I just had a conversation with a friend about how we need to be better about blogging when things go well. It is so easy to find reason to…

Imbalanced …

Mon April 18, 2016

Emotional Journey

I wonder, if balance is a verb, is imbalance the opposite? Or just unbalanced? One of the things that I am realizing (or re-realizing as I seem to make…

I now see awe

Wed March 2, 2016

Emotional Journey

For the last several months I've hated it when Facebook sent me reminders of my bald days. I couldn't look at bald pictures of myself without feeling a sense…

Cancer as a gift

Thu February 25, 2016

Emotional Journey

I struggle with the idea of cancer as a gift. It is not something that I would wish on anyone. But it has changed me. It as also given…

Flashbacks

Sat February 13, 2016

Navigating the new me

Toward the end of our Going East bike trip, I began to get these flashbacks. They would be full colour images (imaginations) in my brain of places we had…

Hormone therapy update

Fri February 12, 2016

Hormone therapy

I thought it was time to give an update on my progress with hormone therapy. Fortunately, there is not a whole lot to say. This week I added the…

A new perspective on sleep

Sat February 6, 2016

Navigating the new me

One of the side effects of various hormone therapies is disruption of sleep. I also have sleep apnea (thank-you surgery and hormone therapy!), so I see a sleep doctor.…