I just finished absorbing Keith's story about having gone to 10 docs and no one suspected lime disease. I would have lost trust in the medical profession, thank God for self perserverance..I have been open about my GP. I lost trust in him first when his staff member, a young lady asked me to stop being a drama queen. When I was actually suf…[more]

I could claim chemo brain for this one, but as enter the room I get a reality check, it is not a light that has been left on, but the Christmas tree that as still pugged in. As a cancer patient I savored the moment, it was still rather dark outside in this stormy weather and I was enjoying watching the tree glow as my hands defrosted from the morning …[more]

Kids are even more challenging when mom has cancer or another serious disease (or a cold!).  Perhaps you’ve done a fun craft recently … why not package up the supplies, write out the directions, and drop it by one morning before chemo as a playdate-in-a-box?Real playdates are good too.  Really good. …[more]

Listening.  And talking.  About the cancer, if you want, or if she wants, or about anything else.Being there is the most important.  Don’t forget about your friend and the good times you’ve had together.  She’s still the same person and she’d still love a phone call or email now and then.  Ju…[more]

It is the season to be jolly. But it does not mean it has to break your bank account. Many of us are jobless at the moment, but are healthy enough to help out someone who has limitations due to cancer.I want to introduce you to one of the more sneaky cancers, called inflammatory breast cancer. I have a womens group friend who is better up …[more]

Hilary Clinton introduced the mamma gram. That every mother should get a mammogram. I think we should become women advocates an take the mamma gram a step further. We should require a young women to get a mammogram before she enters the work force, or before she goes into higher education. Make a physical and a mammogram part of th…[more]

Have a fresh  MRI scan in my hands, is it time to let someone else take a peek.Actually I don't have the scan in my hands yet and I am feeling pretty anxious to ask for them. Because the only reason you would.

I have but one small problem, I don't know if my new chemo  xeloda is working or not. I probably will not get the results next Monday no matter how in advance I get my blood taken. So I have to let it ride until after the holidays or do I ask for my fresh scan results ( which put me on this new medicine in the first place)&nbs…[more]

When Christmas rolls around I can personally feel quite isolated from my family since I live across the atlantic ocean in Europe.To help me feel connected I offer some suggestions|:join a sport hall, but not any, one you go often enough to that the owner asks "where were you yesterday"?missing just one day lets me know I'm part of a bigger family of gym junk…[more]

Have you ever been in a rut, or a having a dip. How deep is your dip was a dutch advertizement with funny things happening like driving away with the gas tank pump still attached to the car when it pulls in the driveway. The woman of the house just hands him a cup of soup. But besides a cup of soup here is a list of …[more]