Hello friends! I'm writing this 3 weeks after my thryoid surgery. I'll get to that in a moment but first some background. Back in...

I've had breast cancer twice now - Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, stage 2A, in 2012, and Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, stage 0, in 2021. I had a...

Well, after 9 years cancer-free, I was diagnosed with breast cancer again in July. For round two, this will be the only post about it. ...

My last chemo dose was on December 27, 2012. I started my 5yr stint with Tamoxifen mid-January 2013, a daily pill. The only side effect...

I was able to select the start date for my chemo. Each subsequent treatment would be exactly 3 weeks apart. I was scheduled for 4...

I lived in an amazing neighborhood in 2012. The people who lived there were so caring of each other. In 2011, I had a hysterectomy,...

There were a number of appointments leading up to surgery - the general surgeon (who would perform the mastectomy), the plastic surgeon...

My diagnosis officially was given to me on August 3rd, 2012. Things moved pretty quickly after that. My husband is retired military...

I always used to wonder how you were supposed to tell if a lump you found in your breast was 'the lump.' It's ALL lumpy in there. But I...