Little Victories

I promise I am working on the next part of the diagnosis chapter. Meanwhile, I thought I’d share a couple of sweet-tasting news items.
One-I got the results from my gene testing. They were (drum roll)…surprisingly…negative for both BRCA 1 and 2! I am kind of shocked, considering my age and family history. A small [...]

Coming soon…

Don’t mean to pause the story, but I’m momentarily distracted by a visit home to the USA and my semi-annual Junk Food Tour of America. (After this, I should have enough excess fat on my belly to make some fabulous new you-know-whats! Yeay!) Be back very soon…

Diagnosis

A year ago, about now, I was sitting in my doctor’s office. I told her there was one thing I had forgotten to mention in our last meeting (just 2 weeks prior when I’d presented a laundry list of other things, including the little pains in my left breast area). As I told her about [...]

Hair Chronicles

Just for you, a photographic flow-chart of the hair.

07 Aug 06…………….14 Aug 06……………30 Aug 06

Dec 28 06…………….Jan 07…………………early Feb 07

early Mar 07………..today

First Follow-up

In the here and now, I have just had my first follow-up appointment. In short, my oncologist did a little examination. I have remained slightly concerned with the fact that I still have some movement limitations in my arm, 10 months after surgery. However, when I peeled my shirt off over my head, a smile [...]

Setting the Scene

This time last year, it is my last week of innocence. As I mentioned before, I am newly 30. I have a new boyfriend that I have known for just over 2 months. I have just finished grad school and moved from the small Belgian college town to Brussels, staying in Europe out of sheer [...]

beginnings…endings

This is a “full circle” story. As such, I’ve decided I’ll be doing some toggling between the past and the present. After all, the most interesting part about where I’ve been with this cancer, is where I am now. Because I’m in a good place. I’m in that place where suddenly, I’m starting to [...]