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Continue reading →: “I Will Survive” — a Decision that Saved My Life“WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO HAVE BOTH BREASTS REMOVED?” my new doctors asked, one after another, at my 10-year checkups. The three doctors who originally treated me had retired or moved on, so I was telling my story to new caregivers. I explained that my surgeon had recommended only a…
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Continue reading →: Facing Mortality with Humor :)“HEY DOC! EYES UP HERE!!” The impossibly young-looking head of plastic surgery was laser-focused on my breasts, black Sharpie poised — ready to mark his targets. I figured a little levity could ease the tension in the pre-op bay. Then my mom stepped in — bless her heart — and…
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Continue reading →: My Personal St. Patrick’s Day Massacre: My Cancer Journey20 YEARS AGO TODAY, St. Patrick’s Day, 2006, was the night I hit the anger stage—among the 5 stages of breast cancer grief. By then, a month after finding my lump, I knew I was facing a double mastectomy. But on March 17, it finally landed: Everything had to go.…
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Continue reading →: 20 Years of Breast Cancer Awareness: A Personal JourneyEXACTLY 20 YEARS AGO TODAY, in the languid embrace of my guy on a lazy afternoon while watching the 2006 Olympic men’s downhill, he suddenly jumped off the sofa (and me) and pointed at my breast. “What is THAT??? Have you had that checked out?” I touched where he was…
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Continue reading →: Really, I’m not sick. I’m just battling a genetic twist of fate.I’m not sick. Not even just a little bit … So, why would I do this? In a few hours I’ll be lying on an operating table having a “partial hysterectomy.” And I’m doing it because I can. Or, at least, because should. I think. The intention is to remove…
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IT’S THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MY BREAST CANCER JOURNEY! And I’m celebrating by memorializing my experience in a series of posts while I (hopefully) fundraise for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
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