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
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
Why does everyone think we ever graduate from the grip of cancer? The first installment of “Shelley’s Shrugs” asks this question. Continue reading
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
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
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
