World of difference
How breast cancer transformed my loner self Continue reading
Such a pain
There are many myths about breast cancer. It’s time we cleared up the confusion on one of them. Continue reading
Healthy choice
Fear is my choice. How I am taking back my life. Continue reading
Are you my mother?
Honoring all the moms with metastatic breast cancer. Continue reading
Pinktober blues
What does pink mean to you? Continue reading
The bend and snap
How I regained my “bend and snap” Continue reading
Do I look like I care?
How cancer transformed me back into a rational human being Continue reading
Feel the pain
Why does everyone think we ever graduate from the grip of cancer? The first installment of “Shelley’s Shrugs” asks this question. Continue reading
Guilt by association
I’m sure it will not come as a surprise when I tell you that one of the questions that regularly plagues those newly diagnosed with breast cancer is: “Why me?” What may be more difficult to believe is the question that hits you once you are done with treatment… Continue reading
Breathless
Managing anxiety after cancer can be challenging. Continue reading
Face-off
I have been giving a lot of thought to the face of breast cancer. What is it? As breast cancer patients and survivors, I sometimes feel like we are one dimensional to the outside world. Other people have vague ideas about mastectomies, chemo or radiation. But you treat it… Continue reading
Hopefully devoted to us all
Like many people, I was saddened to learn that Olivia Newton-John is again battling cancer. To me, she is not just a wonderful entertainer – she is the first celebrity that I remember openly discussing her battle with breast cancer in 1992. She advocated for more awareness and better treatments,… Continue reading
Bucking the norm
In the hours after getting the results of my biopsy, I remember having the sense that I was suddenly a mutant. I was no longer normal. I was suddenly bombarded with big words I did not understand, and scary sounding treatments that I dreaded. And I wanted to go back… Continue reading
Take a ride on the Reading
Cancer takes things from you. It has taken my inhibitions. That happens after being felt up and stared at by more doctors, nurses, medical assistants, techs, and med students than I can count. Hopefully they were all hospital employees. It has taken my taste buds. I literally cover all… Continue reading
Wait, what?
Patience. HUH? Patience is not something I naturally have in abundance. Ask anyone who has known me for more than five minutes. But in this day and age, who does have patience? We are a generation of convenience. Our food is fast, our information is free, and our… Continue reading
Navigating the breast cancer highway
Helping others learn to map their own journey Continue reading