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Cancer blogging: A survivor’s story
Read more: Cancer blogging: A survivor’s storyThis post is a repost from my academic blog: rjh.goingeast.ca Yesterday, I presented at the AIS 2016 Annual Conference. It was the first time I have presented using an autoethnography of a blog – so it was more of a performance of a blog than a paper presentation. Doing the presentation really helped me think…
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Celiac dreams #celiac
Read more: Celiac dreams #celiacI look at the meal in front of me and take a few bites. I sample the desert and think this is pretty mediocre. I look down at my plate and note that I’ve eaten half of everything – the main course, the bun, and the dessert. And then it occurs to me, I forgot to…
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Experiencing the sad happiness
Read more: Experiencing the sad happinessMy Facebook feed is so full of death these days, it is hard for me to celebrate good news … it is really sad but also really difficult to be happy that I’m doing well when I keep hearing of so many young women who are not so fortunate … I remember when I was…
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The difference a year makes
Read more: The difference a year makesI’d like to be saying that this year I feel stronger and fitter than I did at this time last year. I’m not sure I can say that. But… I am definitely healthier. This time last year I got my official diagnosis of celiac disease, lymphedema, and high blood pressure — pretty much all at…
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The changing sense of pink’tober
Read more: The changing sense of pink’toberAs many of you are well aware, October is breast cancer awareness month. My first year, while still going through chemotherapy and having taxol kick my ass, I wrote about the mixed blessings of cause marketing and the over sexualization of breast cancer that is so clearly represented in October. A year ago I was dealing with…
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Mammograms and overdiagnosis – a hard truth to hear #breastcancerrealitycheck
Read more: Mammograms and overdiagnosis – a hard truth to hear #breastcancerrealitycheckFriday while flipping through my RSS blog feed reader, I came across an blog post about an article on overdiagnosis. Unfortunately, I cannot remember where it was or I’d link back to it. The blog post was talking about recent research study: Welch, H. G., Prorok, P. C., O’Malley, A. J., & Kramer, B. S.…
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Trivializing rather than educating … #breastcancerrealitycheck
Read more: Trivializing rather than educating … #breastcancerrealitycheckGet your tickets today to meet our panel of famous judges: <redacted>, Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup Champion, <redacted>, First Lady of <city> and <redacted>, head of <radacted> Center for BRCA Research as they judge our unique display of decorated bras! <cancer charity> Board Member, <redacted> will discuss new breast reconstruction developments and a special patient will share…
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I wish someone told me …
Read more: I wish someone told me …Lucinda: “I wish someone told me more about how my reconstructed breasts would look after surgery. I wish I knew that when I flexed my muscles my breasts would move sideways leaving a flat gap between them. It seem so unnatural. I wish someone told me that when I exercise they would move this way. Lucinda:…
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#breastcancerrealitycheck – support a cure not awareness
Read more: #breastcancerrealitycheck – support a cure not awarenessThis is what early stage breast cancer looks like. It doesn’t look like pretty breasts or pink ribbons. The artificial “awareness” campaigns like “no bra day” and “save the ta-tas” only serve to arouse young men who already have a hypersexualized impression of women. Worse, the whole idea of no bra day doesn’t align with…
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Confirmation of incidental findings and foot surgery
Read more: Confirmation of incidental findings and foot surgeryA quick update on my incidental findings post the other day. The contrast MRI showed that the areas are indeed cysts and it is likely that they have been there all my life. They have nothing to do with the symptoms. Mostly I’m told that I need to exercise (which I do) and treat the…
