Yesterday and today were days 1&2 of my first round of chemo. One down, three to go! A lot of this post is written for those coming beh...

Over the last couple of months many people have said to me, "You're so brave." No. No I am not brave. What about being give...

Saturday night I had a little party at my house. Dean and Axel were out of town for fishing opener (which is, by the way, an official holid...

It has taken a really long time, but I have finally realized my "normal" is not like anyone else's normal. It was pretty norm...

Finally there is a plan. Finally. I'm so tired of waiting. Even though I'm going to be pumping my body full of poison, the faster w...

I went to bed at 8:30 because I just couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. Then Dean came to bed at 11:00 and that was it for sleeping...

Those who know me in real life think I'm always seem to have everything under control. That I roll with the punches and move on. There ...

Just 5 weeks ago, I knew very little about breast cancer. I knew it killed women, but I also knew some women survived. I knew there was ...

If you are a woman, please please please watch this video. (it is not for kids) Now do it. Every day. Touch yourself. Know your breasts...

So, I got all worked up over nothing. Yep. The Oncotype gene test wasn't done. Apparently in pre op my surgeon was just telling me abou...

I wanted to go all this week without posting about cancer. I really didn't want to think about cancer at all, except that's hard be...

This is a hard post to write, because I don't want to sound ungrateful. I have a lot of friends. More than I ever knew, who care about ...

Part of my blogging about this cancer journey is for me, but also so that others coming behind me can be prepared. This is the information ...

Thank you so much everyone for your thoughts and prayers. The first event on yesterday's agenda was the dye injection for the sentine...

There are so many things on my mind right now. This post will be all over the place, just like my thoughts are lately. First, let me talk...

Next week when I have surgery I'll also be having a Sentinel Node Biopsy. First I'll go to the breast center and will be injected...

Of the five kids here, Angela is really the only one who has the language to understand about Cancer and what is ahead. Axel will understan...

Monday afternoon For Christmas Dean had given me a gift card for a local spa. Last week I scheduled myself for a one hour massage and foo...

Monday morning About few months ago I had this very strange dream. I decided it came from watching the movie "Gravity" twice in...

Sunday The radiologist had told me we should have the biopsy results by 12:00 on Friday.  Thursday night Dean and I cried ourselves to sl...