Welcome to My New Site!
When I first began blogging in December 2008, I had a basic WordPress platform. The pale mint green and grey template was neither busy nor fancy. Since I blogged anonymously back then, there were no...
View ArticleOn Cancer and Platitudes
My friend, Kiki, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007. The prognosis from the start wasn’t promising. “She’s dying. I don’t know what I should say to her,” I shared with a friend. “You don’t think she...
View ArticleAdvice for Recently Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients
In less than a month, three friends have contacted me because an immediate relative was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. With the disclaimer that I’m not a medical professional and every person’s...
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Am-boob-alent
I used to be the girl who was a little too comfortable parading around topless in the gym locker room. Now, I’m the girl who changes in the shower stall as quickly as she can. I used to be the girl who...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Foobs
I was watching TV when I felt a lump in the middle of my right breast. I raised my arm, and I could still feel it. I looked down, and it was noticeable to the eye. “It’s just scar tissue,” I told...
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#GetNaked
When I was younger, I thought that I needed to get one bad sunburn at the beginning of each summer as a “base tan.” I viewed the fact that I looked like a lobster and was in pain for a week as an...
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My Chemo-versary v4.0
I tasked my students in my Body in American Culture course with examining their thoughts about the body, beauty ideals and body image. The basic guidelines for this Body Genogram are as follows:...
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87.5% Benign
True or False: If a woman has a double mastectomy, she can never get breast cancer. False. Despite what is often touted by celebrities in the media, undergoing a double mastectomy does not mean that a...
View ArticleExhaling
When I found out that I needed to have a cyst removed from my right breast, I had an idea. Since I still have yet to finish my breast reconstruction, I wondered if I could get some or all of the next...
View ArticleQuite a 5 Years!
A former student asked if he could use me as the subject for a mini-documentary for his film class. He managed to condense the past five years of my life into a video that’s under five minutes. I...
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