treatment ∼ BC Becky

Bilateral Mastectomies

Mon July 28, 2014

A friend sent me an email with a recent article in the New York Times about the prevalence of bilateral mastectomies entitled "The Wrong Approach to Breast Cancer". I…

Chemo day in pictures …

Wed July 9, 2014

active treatment

Step one was to have the access placed into my port. This allows the nurse to draw blood for blood tests, but is also used for the infusion of…

Significance of dates and getting ready for chemo

Thu June 26, 2014

active treatment

It is funny how special dates have meaning - and how we know what dates are good dates and which are not. I wanted to strongly avoid starting chemo…

The calm and then the storm

Wed June 25, 2014

active treatment

Yesterday was one of those calm then stormy days. It began with a breakfast meeting with a new friend, whom I met through the social network myBCTeam.com. It turns out…

Slash, Burn, Poison, and Starve

Wed June 25, 2014

active treatment

A new friend commented to me that the treatments for cancer were to slash, burn, and/or poison. It bugs me that the most effective treatment and first choice is…

How do you prepare to lose a body part?

Sun June 15, 2014

active treatment

When the surgeon told me that most likely I would need a mastectomy I did not really internalize what that meant. When a new friend mentioned that it was…