Tag Archives: cancer

3 Years and Counting

Posted on December 22, 2018 by

3 years this December my surgeon called to let me know the original biopsy was wrong. Yes, indeed, I had breast cancer. She said it quickly. Matter of factly. Let me know that it was only level 1 and that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Beauty of Dirty Skin by Whitney Bowe, MD and Kristin Loberg

Posted on February 26, 2018 by

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Most of us don’t ever really think about it, that the largest organ of our body is actually our skin. Oh we think about our skin, especially when it is erupting in unsightly blemishes, but we never really think about … Continue reading →

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It’s that time of year…thinking about the past to make a better future…

Posted on November 23, 2017 by

The powers that be decided I needed therapy. To be completely politically incorrect-I needed my head shrunk.It’s not that I didn’t care that I had cancer. I did. I was having it taken care of. But in the scheme of … Continue reading →

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On Words: Death, Mourning

Posted on April 19, 2017 by

This week marks the second year anniversary of my mother’s death. Well actually she died on the 26th of April, but this was the week that we sat vigil over her hospice bed. I was struck by this fact the … Continue reading →

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On Writing: Dystopia, Vampires and Zombies…or why can’t this younger generation be happy?

Posted on October 19, 2016 by

I wonder if the fact that for the children of the first world there are truly less and less boogeymen to fear, that they need to create terror and trauma in order to move forward with their lives. This younger … Continue reading →

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