Never thought I'd want to be a breast cancer survivor
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Surprisingly calm
Read more: Surprisingly calmI am surprised at how calm I am – how I’m not totally stressed out or in panic mode. It is so different from the last time. I found out on Thursday that the swollen lymph node in my right axilla is cancer. We don’t know yet what type of cancer, we just know that…
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There are scares .. and then there are SCARES
Read more: There are scares .. and then there are SCARESAfter you finish your primary cancer treatment, you often go through scares. You discover something or another, and it brings on the fear that the cancer has come back. I went through many of them over the first couple of years. I remember specifically writing about two of them: It’s just a stitch and Things…
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Navigating the healthcare system
Read more: Navigating the healthcare systemIn the beginning I had no understanding of how the medical system worked with respect to cancer treatment. My understanding came only from what I saw on television. Patients experiencing critical or chronic illness have a need to learn how to navigate the healthcare system from a patient perspective.
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Learning about the disease
Read more: Learning about the diseaseThis post is a continuation on my discussion about Patient Health Literacy. The narrative that resulted from this study has been published on Amazon. See my Memoir page. The original source that I used for my study can be found at https://bcbecky.com. From among the 237 blog posts, I coded 92/237 (38.8%) with the category, Learning about the disease.…
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Developing Coping Mechanisms
Read more: Developing Coping MechanismsThis post is a continuation on my discussion about Patient Health Literacy. The narrative that resulted from this study has been published on Amazon. See my Memoir page. The original source that I used for my study can be found at https://bcbecky.com. From among the 237 blog posts, I coded 163 (68.8%) with the category,…
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Patient Health Literacy Themes and BC Becky Book
Read more: Patient Health Literacy Themes and BC Becky BookI had originally planned on waiting until December 17 to release my book – that would be the 8th anniversary of the surgery to remove the last of the known cancer from my body. However, when I had the paperback ready, Amazon did not let me publish it on a future date. That meant that…
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Never knew I wanted to be a breast cancer survivor
Read more: Never knew I wanted to be a breast cancer survivorIt is hard to believe, but true – The eBook version of first book is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The print version is coming soon – I’m just waiting on a proof before I release it. It has been quite the journey getting this far. The book started out as this blog. It…
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Who’s value is it anyways?
Read more: Who’s value is it anyways?I realized that I haven’t been blogging, but I’m feeling like I need to start doing it again. I need to start sharing more about what I’m doing with Treehouse Village and how I’m coping living in a small town in Nova Scotia. I feel like I’m a completely different person than the person who…
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51 – 53 of 75: Getting lost and Thomas Raddall Provincial Park
Read more: 51 – 53 of 75: Getting lost and Thomas Raddall Provincial ParkI’m not sure how long this challenge is going to take me, but life and world sure seem to be slowing me down. 51 was a hike a Indian Garden Farms. This is different than Indian Path Common. Indian Garden Farms is a new trail that at times is poorly marked. My hiking buddy and…
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41 – 50 of 75: New beaches and more
Read more: 41 – 50 of 75: New beaches and moreSorry, I’m behind and writing blogs. I’m also a little behind on my hikes. I had not anticipated the competition that paddleboarding and water sports would have on my desire to hike during the summer. Cherry Hill Beach (July 21) Cape Sable Island Beach (July 26) Ellenwood Provincial Park (July 27) Cape Sable Island Beach…
