This week I’ve had the honor and privilege to be on two wonderful radio programs: Conscious Talk Radio, based in Seattle, and Hope for the Journey a Blog Talk Radio program. Both shows were hosted by cancer survivors. Conscious Talk stars Brenda Michaels, whose story is featured in From Incurable to Incredible, and her husband Rob [...]
My husband Mike keeps our family blog going now that I’m focusing more on this one. He’s a wonderful writer, and sometimes his posts are so good, I have to share. I was talking with Mike the other day about someone who is really discouraged about her stage IV cancer diagnosis and what I could [...]
Robin Farley contacted me on this blog to tell me she was six years out from a stage IV breast cancer diagnosis. Due to the craziness of my life, her story sat in a folder for about a month. It just so happens that when I finally got back to her, she just had the [...]
I’ve been watching more TV than usual lately. It has always been an escape, a guilty pleasure, but sometimes it can be a source of inspiration There was a program on TLC the other night about Joanne Fluke, who was born with tiny webbed legs that would never work or grow. Actually it appears as if she has [...]
I was thinking about my topic today and came up with this: Sometimes its best to go on the path of least resistance. In hindsight, it seems clear to me regarding past love relationships. They say you need to work at relationships, but when you’re working all the time, it’s not meant to be. For [...]
I’ve always encouraged everyone to get second, third…as many as it takes opinions. It certainly worked for many people in my book. True to my word, today I went for a second opinion regarding the tumor in my liver. As some of you may recall, I went out of town to see a doctor about [...]
A while back I answered a query looking for breast cancer survivors to share their stories for a unique theatrical and musical production called Breast in Show. The show’s producer, Eileen Mitchard, told me snippets of stories would be read by actors, so mine would remain anonymous. So I let it all go, sharing with [...]
Mike and I went to my oncologists today to talk with him about my scan results and our surgery consultation. The good news is that it seems the Aromasin is holding everything at bay. Nothing grew, and the PET scan showed no cancer activity in the spots there. But my doc seemed surprised the surgeon [...]
One of the wonderful things I discovered from doing this blog is that it makes the world a smaller place. Looking at my stats, I see that we’ve had visitors from more than 60 different countries. I’ve heard from visitors from Romania, the UK, Argentina and most recently, from Carlita of the Netherlands. Carlita commented on [...]
Tie dying was a hit! However, it did leave a trail of colored fingers… Canoeing in the lake was definitely a home run on Sports Day!! Catching some Z’s before we play CAPTURE THE FLAG!!!! Best all camp activity ever!!! These are the tweets we’ve been receiving from Camp Kesem, where our daughter Chrissy is [...]
