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There are things about cancer you may not know. Things your friends or family battling cancer won’t share with you so I’ll share it for them. First, not one cancer diagnosis is like the other & neither are the treatment plans. We are all different in our own special way & we are just tryingContinue reading “Cancer: things you don’t know”

It’s just hair, they said, it’ll grow back! It’s just a year, when referring to my treatment plan, it’ll go by fast! It’s just 4 weeks post mastectomy surgery before you can hold your baby (which turned into 8 weeks plus add in a week for the port placement surgery). Recovery from a mastectomy surgeryContinue reading “Chemo with a toddler”

Today was rough. Today was REALLY long. TODAY was a reminder to MYSELF just how strong I really am. But as for today, I owe all my strength & gratitude to those on shift & right where they needed to be today on the chemotherapy floor. It was scary for all of us. A pre-medContinue reading “First chemo treatment”

A day in the life of… well… MY life these days. I refuse to define myself because of a cancer diagnosis. I’m a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend. I’m many things but I am NOT cancer. What was supposed to be a routine checkup with my lady parts doctor quickly turnedContinue reading “Monday 2/14/22”