In the early days of Pink'tober a fellow blogger ranted about a restaurant who wanted to advertise on her blog. Her objection was that the restaurant was offering a…

My oncologist has a new nurse, and boy to I miss the previous nurse. You see, the new nurse doesn't answer my emails in a timely fashion (they aren't…

An acquaintance with metastatic disease is having a personal fundraiser and in her invitation she talked about 'reclaiming pink'. This reminded me very much about the work we do as…

Yesterday (Thursday), I had my 7th infusion of Palitaxel (Taxol). When I wrote about my chemo plan in my temper tantrum post, I was off by one dose -…

I watched this pretty cool TED talk this morning. Boy wouldn't it be nice if detecting breast cancer was as easy as a blood test that could be done…

Until I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I was not aware of it! October came and went with lots of pink ribbons, pink running shoes, TV commercials about various…

Yesterday, Scott and I got up early, drove for an hour and half and participated in the Peak Hike for Prevention (a fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Fund). I…

In one moment, I feel like I'm thinking clearly. I'm reading and reflecting. I feel connected. In the next moment, I realize just how unconnected my mind is. This…

As many of you know, I'm an avid cyclist. Cycling has been one of the things that kept me sane though AC chemo. It is also one of the…

Surgeons get a bad rap for being insensitive and un-empathetic. From the outside, they are seen as the engineers of medicine - socially awkward, mechanical in their interactions, and having…