Yesterday and the day before were filled with emotions, hugs, and visits with so many people. One of the things that happened yesterday was a meeting with my PhD thesis committee and the director of the PhD program. I presented a quick overview of my project (from my proposal seminar) and an update on the…
A picture is worth 1000 words … or so they say. I recently participated in an interview for an academic study on care and vulnerability among academics. When asked about where I draw the line with what I share, two things came to mind. First was in areas around sexuality, and second was with pictures…
When you are finished with the acute treatment for breast cancer, the doctors talk about the difficult time you will have. They talk about how it is related to all the attention you get from your care providers during the acute treatment stage. Then suddenly, you are set free and feel somewhat abandoned. I definitely…
I have a lot of anniversaries coming up … so I’m expecting that my life will be filled with emotion. May 11, 2013 – Scott moves from Ottawa to California May 13, 2015 – Becky returns to Ottawa for the first time since diagnosis May 17, 2008 – I blogged about pickup up our recumbent bikes in…
I posted this initially on my other blog – but thought I would also share it here because it talks a little bit about how my outlook on life has changed. The whole purpose of conferences is different for me now – it is so much more about deepening my connections with people then it…
I haven’t been writing as much on this blog lately. In part, that is because I’ve been feeling well, and in part because I’ve had this particular post in my head for a few days but I wanted to wait until after this weeks doctors appointments before writing it. I was reflecting today on how…
These new empathy cards by Emily McDowell have crossed my social media stream several times in the last few days –http://emilymcdowell.com/collections/cards/Empathy-Cards. I think they are the most awesome cards to send to someone who is experiencing cancer, so I thought I’d share the link here. As a cancer survivor, she really does a great job of…
When I swim now, I am reminded about a conversation I had at lunch last week. Once a month I go out to lunch with an ever changing group of women who are typically in the post-treatment phase of breast cancer. One of the conversation over lunch involved me mentioning that I went swimming for…
In today’s Washington Post there is an article by Karuna Jaggar entitled “Stop routine breast-cancer screening. Science has shown they don’t save lives“. As someone who just spent the better part of a year being treated for breast cancer, you’d think that I would disagree with this article – but you’d be wrong. You see,…
This weekend we are camping at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. I made the reservations months ago, only able to guess as to whether or not I’d be well enough to camp. Our camping spot is beautiful but I must say that Big Basin has spoiled us. We are in a grove of redwoods and…
