I want to begin by explaining that I am not trying to say that anyone is doing anything wrong or that anyone is treating me badly or saying the wrong things, using the wrong words or that people are misspeaking. What I am trying to do is explain what is Read more…
I spent some time today thinking about how much time I am spending worrying, crying and just how sad and miserable I am. That doesn’t count all the time I spent on the internet asking all kinds of questions about cancer that certainly didn’t educate me but made me near Read more…
I’ve spent some time thinking about what I wrote – “thinking that my body is betraying me”. I’m not sure that’s exactly what I meant. I think what I mean to say is that we think we have time, lots of time and we also think that we have control Read more…
Well, here is what I accomplished in total over the last seven days: Got dressed most days, showered some of them Helped Vic make his lunches for work Ate sporadically Cried, worked myself into hysterics most of the time Slept little Felt incredibly sorry for myself (justified or otherwise) Here Read more…
I remember clearly the morning after my Dad died. I had received a call the evening before on March 14, 1997 telling me to come to the hospital and to hurry. I did not know that he was already gone by the time I got there. I spent the night Read more…
Today we told Vic’s children and our two young grandchildren about my diagnosis. Vic’s kids were sympathetic, loving and willing to help in any way they could. When you marry later in life and find that you have adult stepchildren, it is often difficult to forge a close, loving relationship. Read more…
Today I am going to pick up and deliver my scans and deliver them to the Breast Cancer Assessment Centre. I am happy to have something to do because it does make me feeling on some level like I am dealing with this. Jen, my daughter offered to pick me Read more…
January 20, 2022 is the day I received my cancer diagnosis. It was actually a stupid conversation on my part. The nurse practitioner from my doctor’s office called to let me know the results of my mammogram and ultrasound (two of each a week apart). I was listening to her Read more…