Explore personal stories, milestones, and reflections from diagnosis to survivorship in one woman’s unforgettable breast cancer journey.
After a year of cancer treatment, laparoscopic surgery should have been a lap dance. They call it an oophorectomy just so I can use that word with you, oof! I’m tired and grumpy and missing my body parts. Yes, I gained back my fake boobs in the process, but they don’t feel like much of… Continue reading Oof! How Are You Doing?
Sometimes life piles it on so thick you wonder how you’re still standing. At times like that, I need to remember to sit down, put the top down, and enjoy the colorful ride instead. It’s been so hard. I even missed my blog the week before last, and I was about to miss it again… Continue reading Joyriding Through Cancer & A Kaleidoscope First Year
When you’re taking things too seriously, and life retaliates like it’s playing a grand practical joke on you, don’t get mad; laugh. I started taking my rehabilitation way too seriously until I got suspended. Yep. All of it! My bionic boob fills, the second surgery, my PT are all on hold. I need to see… Continue reading Life Bloopers & Some Belly Laughs
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