Tag: Anxiety

Icebergs

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I am two days late (as always), but Sunday was National Cancer Survivors’ Day.  Yay, I think.  I am definitely lucky.  I get to call myself a survivor.  My cancer held at stage 3 (meaning it didn’t spread to other parts of my body, despite being present in a large… Continue reading

Gratitude

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“I see skies of blue And clouds of white The bright blessed day The dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world”   I am channeling some Louis Armstrong this morning.  I am sitting in my patio staring at the clear blue sky, puffball clouds, and… Continue reading

Maintaining distance

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Social distancing day 10,548:   Not working today, so lazing at home.   Agenda: Discussed the news with the hubs. Made menu and grocery list for next two weeks. Studying my Spanish book. Getting ready for a continuing education webcast. Gave the cat her flea treatment.   Living the dream?… Continue reading

Driven to fear

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A wise friend who also helps guide me on my healing journey posted a quote from Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Big Magic” as part of a workshop the other day:   “It isn’t always comfortable or easy – carrying your fear around with you on your great and ambitious road trip. I… Continue reading

Tell it like it is

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This is the next installment in my series of pet peeves about breast cancer…     We have things that people say that grind our gears.  I have heard it all.   I’m a warrior.   I’ll beat this.   Chemo isn’t that bad.   I just have to push… Continue reading

In the end

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I have the angry music playing today.  The heart-pounding, I would like to scream, but I’m at work so I can’t kind of music.  The kind that dries my angry tears and lets me get back to business.   Specifically, I have an earworm from Linkin Park.   “In the… Continue reading

Knowing when to shut up

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I talk to lots of ladies who are at various stages in their breast cancer journeys.   I make no secret of the fact that my mission in life now is educating anyone who will listen to me on breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.  I have learned so much through… Continue reading

Guilt by association

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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