Today – June 28, 2017 – marks seven years since I left. After thirteen years, I had finally had enough and was getting out. It was a long, long road to get there. Listen to Jump by Madonna as you read this blog entry. It’s my theme song. I met him a month or two…
Batman was a Six-Year-Old Girl
God, I wish there was a photo of 6-year-old me in my Batman costume. I *LOVED* Batman – and dressing up – as a child. Born in the last hour of 1965, I spent my early life as a little girl on my Dad’s knee watching Batman and Star Trek and the Carol Burnett show. …
My Advice to Graduates
As the summer of 2017 starts and schools end … I watch as the children of family and friends graduate and move on to next chapters in their lives. I pause … and wonder what advice would I give to someone so fresh and new to the world? Their (hopefully) whole life ahead of them? …
Savor the Flavor
Part Two of my sensory tour, compliments of chemo. Part One can be found here: Sense of Smell I am home from my second infusion of Taxol – my second type of chemotherapy drug and sixth infusion overall. I have ten more to go. Before they give me Taxol, they stop my immune system from…
Sense of Smell
Despite another week of weakness and sickness from chemo and illness, I managed to go for a leisurely walk with Carly … My souldog and a friend tonight. I was relieved to get out of my bedroom since I am spending far too much time sleeping away my days. We walked along the lake at a…
My Spirituality is Whole
Spirituality Through Illness. A topic I have not touched since being diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer is my spirituality. It has been with me throughout this journey. My faith that there is a God – perhaps not the same God that you were brought up to believe in – but nevertheless a God ……
Taxol on my Nerves
I’m an adventurous person. I’ll try anything twice. Most of my childhood summer weekends were spent in rural Vermont. My Father would arrive home from work on Friday night, grab a quick sandwich for dinner, and we would pile into the car for the over two-hour drive from the south shore of Montreal, Quebec. to…
Heart & Stroke
Today’s message is brought you on behalf of the Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation. During most of my recent hospitalization, I was kept in the ISU – Integrated Stroke Unit – one floor below the Oncology Ward, who didn’t have an open bed for me. I was easy to care for since I was fully…
Don’t Tell Me How to Feel
Would you tell someone that it’s great their son only lost his arm rather than die in a car accident? Say “Oh my God! That is fucking fantastic that you just have epileptic seizures! Better than brain damage or worse!” No? Then why tell me how to feel about my cancer and my life? Why…
Split Second
You’ve heard the story of the professor who demonstrated the Jar of Life to his students? He was lecturing on the concept of time management … and placed a big glass jar on the desk in front of him. Next, he pulled out a box of rocks about the size of tennis balls. He placed…
I AM the Storm
And … I am Storm. Let me introduce you to her … as a thunder and lightning storm rages outside. It is only fitting! Cancer may have raged inside of me, but I am determined to beat it and rage back. Today marks the end of Phase 13 – I think … if I am…
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