happily the 'had' is in the title because the cancer is gone and she is still here!

This is one of those stories about going with your instincts, pushing your doctors, and taking care of health issues ASAP.

My mom, who is now 72 years old, found a small lump in one of her breasts about 5 years ago. She went to her doctor and asked that he do a mammogram …[more]

A few years back I began having some pretty disconcerting symptoms of blood in my stool. At first it was pretty minimal so I ignored it. But it continued to worsen at a pretty quick rate, so I went to the doctor. Initially they thought it could be hemmoroids, which was ruled out after a quick check. I was then told to go see a gastroenter…[more]

My husband and I have been talking about how we see children being a part of our future. Neither of us are interested - right now - in making a baby. I am turning 40 this year and am on the pill. I've told him that I'd like to get off the pill by my 40th birthday in August. We've been discussing vasectomy as our new birth control. This obviousl…[more]