It’s the last day of breast cancer awareness month, and if my OBGYN, who found my lump two years ago, hadn’t said this month made him think of me, would I have even cared? Honestly? No. So many bad things are happening worldwide, from wars to mass panic–no one can add cancer awareness to the… Continue reading What’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month About, Really? Now “Gimme Some Candy”
SORRY I’VE BEEN MIA! Yep! I got the dreaded Covid. For two years, I worried about the day it would hit me. What would happen? Would I be okay? I listened to so many stories of all the other people who got it, and I even lived through Skylar getting it before Twelfth Night and… Continue reading Loss of Sense of Humor–Unmasking Another Covid Symptom
It’s a year after my bilateral mastectomy, and I’m in my plastic surgeon’s office Friday, and she’s asking to see my boobs. It’s something I initially felt so squeamish about, and then I could do without even being asked. Yet, it’s a year later. How do I think about it all now? It’s human nature… Continue reading A Quick Getaway–The Perks of A New Job
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