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3 years since end of treatment
three years ago today was the end of four months of chemo and two months of radiation. three years! every day without recurrence is a milestone for any of us who have had breast cancer, but for triple...
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best summer ever!
being in costa rica with matt meeting ursula and nils in costa rica working on a farm 5 miles up the road!!!!!! big, huge fun!! swimming almost every day peaches, watermelon, corn, tomatoes...
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Thank you, New York Times and American Cancer Society!
Thank you, New York Times and American Cancer Society, for including me in this wonderful book, Picture Your Life After Cancer!! This week is the fourth anniversary of my mastectomy.
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working on a farm & writing a book
since june, one of my lifelong dreams has come true! i work on a beautiful organic farm, as a volunteer, at least three days a week. it's 5 miles up the road from my home, up road 99. pacific star...
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spring!
springtime!this is my ninth month of documenting the farm, working on the farm, loving every minute i'm there!in between visits with james, i've been taking care of sweet Mr. Jennifer, james' cat.matt...
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4 years since end of treatment!!!!!
It’s really fun being alive right now.Four years since the end of treatment!!This is such a wonderful summer! Farm work and driving the tractor!!!!; visits with Jimmy; Matt in Colorado; delicious farm...
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another birthday!
so thankful for another birthday - my last year to be in my fifties. it's a fun trip!! still working on the farm, visiting with james, swimming, loving Mr. J., tending my porch garden, enjoying trips...
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5 years since mastectomy
five years since surgery!it's been absolutely wonderful not wearing a bra for five years! i remember the morning of surgery, my son james and i arrived at the hospital very early. we were walking...
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No, we will not be the same after cancer.
i love cary tennis' thoughtful advice, and this is quite wonderful:http://carytennis.com/2013/12/after-cancer-will-i-ever-be-the-same/Dear Cary, Last year, at the age of 29, I was diagnosed with a rare...
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christmas 2013
this is how i spent christmas eve day - tilling soil in a field to prepare it for planting peas. super, super, super fun! it's very warm in davis, sunny, and being on the farm is such a joy. five years...
View ArticleChemoprevention drugs available for women with increased risk of breast...
Now we can add chemoprevention drugs to the other preventative services covered under Obamacare - mammogram, Paps, and genetic counseling....
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five years since treatment (!!!!!)
being diagnosed with breast cancer is so frightening. and finding out that it's triple-negative breast cancer compounds that fear because of higher rate of recurrence within the first 3-5 years...
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BRCA 1 and 2 Genetic Testing Today
I was adopted in 1954, and in 1997 I found my birth family and discovered that my mother and grandmother had both died of breast cancer. But I decided against genetic testing for BRCA 1 and 2 because I...
View ArticleTested Negative for BRCA 1, BRCA 2 mutations
I heard from the Kaiser genetic counselor today that I tested negative for the BRCA 1 and 2 mutations. It's good news for my birth family and also my kids. The counselor said there is a possibility of...
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60 years young
it would be ridiculous to whine about being "old" at 60, considering what i went through to get here! but it does feel weird, oh so weird, to say i am 60. but 60 feels wonderful and i've never been...
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Ignore all that stupid breast cancer pink B.S. in October - do this instead
Finally! An organization that exposes the bullshit of the pink ribbon and all things pink in the breast cancer race for making money off of us! Thank you, Kevin, for leading me to this group, Breast...
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Hello, 2015! I love you!
From Bryce Andrews' book, "Badluck Way" - "We let the fire die when the storm broke, and rode together toward the higher pastures and the barn. Every tree was dripping and the creeks had swollen. It...
View ArticleCombination of carboplatin and chemotherapy improves outcomes for...
http://www.dana-farber.org/Newsroom/News-Releases/combination-of-carboplatin-and-chemotherapy-improves-outcomes-for-triple-negative-breast-cancer-patients.aspxCombination of carboplatin and...
View ArticleLove After Love - Derek Walcott
Love After LoveThe time will comewhen, with elation,you will greet yourself arrivingat your own door, in your own mirror,and each will smile at the other’s welcome,and say, sit here. Eat.You will love...
View ArticleThe Journey - David Whyte
THE JOURNEYAbove the mountainsthe geese turn intothe light againPainting theirblack silhouetteson an open sky.Sometimes everythinghas to beinscribed acrossthe heavensso you can findthe one linealready...
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FINALLY!!!!!!!! California Governor Brown Signs End-of-Life Bill!!!
Governor Jerry Brown Signs End-of-Life Bill- by Nannette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle-- For the first time in California history, terminally ill people who wish to end their lives can be prescribed...
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7 years since surgery
7 years since surgery. thank you, Dr. Michelle Chu. seven years without recurrence or any health issues at all. seven years of loving my children and friends. four years of being back in davis -...
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