If you’ve ever had to face your mortality a little earlier than you may have expected, like me, you learn that time is more valuable than money even, because time means precious life on earth. And then when you live with the ongoing threat of your potential early demise because of the threat of cancer …
Tag Archives: breast cancer survivor
Statistically, I Should Be Dead
I stopped looking at statistics on cancer especially the kind of breast cancer I was diagnosed with a few years ago. It does nothing to soothe the anxiety, I’ll say that. Everyone knows you shouldn’t Google any medical condition. The results are always the same, the odds aren’t good. The odds weren’t good for me …
Made it to 51
Well as I write this I am 51 and one day old, and grateful for it. I hear a lot of women complaining about getting older but for me it’s like a gift. This is how it is I think for people like me who are cancer survivors. So for me to still be here …
Self-imposed partial quarantine is nothing new to me
10 things you can do to combat the blues, stress, or boredom when you are stuck at home So as I write this I am just chilling at my home partially due to the virus pandemic because of having a “chemo-lite” treatment yesterday which makes my immune system lower so as much as I hate …
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Mammograms are scary
Well yes mammograms can be scary for anyone, but especially if you have already had one breast removed from cancer, it can be extremely nerve wracking which Was the case for me. But the good news is my right breast is clear, had the mammogram last week and got results yesterday when I went to …
Divine Feminine Studies
For a number of years now I am not sure how I fell down this rabbit hole, it really started in my twenties with my friend and roommate Tonya in the old house in Grant Park in Atlanta, GA, when we started reading things like “Women Who Run With the Wolves”, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, …
Petrichor - An Online Journey 