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I feel so much frustration that its getting scary. I am grateful that I'm alive. But is this living? I mean nothing has turned out the way it was supposed to. I have no job I can't pay my rent ...Read Full Post
Hi all,
Well great news! I am NED! Cancer free. CT scans and blood work was normal. I am so relieved I cannot tell you.
Check up and blood work every 3 months, but for now, I beat stupid colon...Read Full Post
Hello all BFac supporters! Hope you're all doing well.
It's going pretty well with me with a slight increase in daily stress (final papers), but that'll disappear in two weeks.
I need to explain...Read Full Post
So far so good. I really don't know how to explain it all to those who have started this fight. It is a Hell on earth and minutes seem like days at times and months like years. There is ...Read Full Post
I finished Chemo about a month ago. The doctor said I am doing great and that the cancer is pretty much gone. However I still need to do radiation just in case there are cancer cells floating around...Read Full Post
I have been keeping up with eveyone's posts lately and was eager to share my good news that my recent biopsy from last week came back perfectly normal. When I visited my Oncologist last week I...Read Full Post
Well yesterday I got a call from my doctor who did my surgery, he informed me that my pathology showed 3 of the 4 nodes they removed were negitive but there was one that was 4mm in size that tested...Read Full Post
Hi,
Well, yesterday I had my Permcath thingy inserted in my chest - near my neck.
Took about 1 hour for prep, i hour for the installation, and then 2 hours in the recovery room.
All went well -...Read Full Post
Hi eeveryone getting major "scanxiety" today.... Got my CEA blood test drawn today. Will,have results from ct scans and blood work Wednesday. Waiting is torture!
Tomorrow is my birthday, am...Read Full Post
It's amazing how time flies. It's been a little over 2 months since I posted a blog. I think it's because I'm not such a good blogger. I read all your posts and many of you are great writers,...Read Full Post
Marie shared a wonderful and true poem for #WorldKindnessDay. Thanks Marie.
Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer
Kindness
Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future...Read Full Post
Jody Schoger died this morning. Cancer stole her from us. The breast cancer community lost a tireless advocate, voice of reason and fearless friend, but beyond that, she was a wife to Steve, sister...Read Full Post
Nancy Stordahl over at Nancy’s Point recently did a great post sharing 15 random facts about her, and invited other bloggers to join in. As she said, we’re all so much more than cancer...Read Full Post
Jackie Fox:A bit of a departure from this blog’s focus, but thought I’d share a poem I wrote recently.
Originally posted on Silver Birch Press:
My Three Names
by Jackie Fox
Jacqueline...Read Full Post
I’m taking part in a National Poetry Month (#NaPoMo on Twitter) challenge set up by the Found Poetry Review. What does this have to do with breast cancer? Nothing much, except that after a too...Read Full Post
Jackie Fox:Sharing Marie’s wonderful tribute to Lisa Bonchek Adams. Her poignant Twitter bio summed up metastatic breast disease better than any medical journal could: “Doing as much as I...Read Full Post
Today is World Book Day, and to celebrate I’m going to give away two copies of my book From Zero to Mastectomy: What I Learned and You Need to Know About Stage 0 Breast Cancer. Simply reply to...Read Full Post
Jackie Fox:Yes, I’m posting on this long-dormant blog. What does this have to do with breast cancer? Absolutely nothing. I’m trying to decide whether to repost old stuff, change the...Read Full Post
I went to see my oncologist for my six-month checkup yesterday. All was routine, other than my blood pressure being 131 over something when it’s usually in the 115 range, even when I see my...Read Full Post
(Editor’s note: This is a repost of something I originally wrote two years ago. Some things have changed since then; Lionhearted advocate Rachel Cheetham Moro, who was still using the pseudonym...Read Full Post
If I take a look backward, I realize that I have the best time hanging out with my cancer friends, or 'my peeps'. Sometimes I feel like I hold back on my health with everyone and more so with people...Read Full Post
I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't spend time thinking because it can cause all sorts of problems. I know. I should stop spending so much time thinking. I'll think about that for a while.Anyway, I was...Read Full Post
I hate tofu. I have never been a fan. And now I have reasons for not starting to eat it.There has been a lot of discussion on whether soy is good or bad for breast cancer. Now finally, new research...Read Full Post
A long time ago, back when I was in a support group weekly, I was offered a care plan to complete with my doctor to make sure I kept track of my cancer treatment.... It was several pages that were...Read Full Post
Yesterday wasn't the greatest day. Between going to the walk in clinic for my stupid tick bite and the antibiotic that upset my stomach, I wasn't as productive as I might want to be. So today I plan...Read Full Post
Normal people get exposed to something and they get told 'call us if there are any changes in whatever it is that is bothering them'. They get sent home basically with a 'take two options and call me...Read Full Post
I might have mentioned before that I have problems sleeping. This isn't new. I have had problems sleeping since my 30s. But its only recently that it has gotten much more complicated than just a bit...Read Full Post
I have no medical training whatsoever past what I have learned from my doctors in their appointments. So why do I waste any time trying to figure out what is wrong with me? Last night I was lying in...Read Full Post
As I near a decade (how the hell did that happen?) since I was diagnosed, I have noticed how much breast cancer treatment has changed in the ensuing years. When I was diagnosed, it was slash, poison...Read Full Post
About a year ago, I met a young woman who had had cancer since age 18 when she was diagnosed with an inherited pancreatic cancer. She had never thought she would make it to 40. But last year she did...Read Full Post
I can't believe its been so long since I have written a blog. I guess I have been busy with work and life and stuff.
One of the things that I was busy with was going to Washington, D.C. to...Read Full Post
Another guest blogger, Enjoy
The word “cancer” sends chills of fear down the spines of just about anyone – but it might be most terrifying for a parent who hears the diagnosis for his or her...Read Full Post
Frère Jacques, frère Jacques,Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines!Din, dan, don. Din, dan, don.
A song that I learned when I was a kid. I had this stuffed toy,...Read Full Post
Another interview I did for the PBS series A Wider World.
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Another guest blogger. Enjoy
The bad news is that there are many types of cancer and that they can kill you. The good news is that at least two types of cancers may be preventable...Read Full Post
Above is a photo of my old dorm at Emerson College (sold by the college it is apparently one of the most expensive condos in Boston.)
When I think of college I think of 100 Beacon, the dorm where...Read Full Post
I was recently on the PBS series "A Wider World" to talk about my cancer survivorship. Here is a segment they filmed about my battle with depression.
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Remember when you were in school and the teacher asked you to pick one person dead or alive from any time in history to have dinner with, to talk to, to gain words of wisdom from? I do. ...Read Full Post
Hello,
It’s been over 6 months since I posted on my blog. I have entered the stage of recovery where I am re-assembling my life, rebuilding my identity.
Although I have always been eager and...Read Full Post
The Shehecheyanu blessing (Hebrew: ???????, “Who has given us life”) is a common Jewish prayer said to celebrate special occasions. It is said to be thankful for new and unusual...Read Full Post
My bloggy friends have really hit some important notes about Angelina Jolie’s decision to get prophylactic bilateral mastectomies, a decision she made public in a recent editorial in the New...Read Full Post
Who are we? What makes our lives what they are?
These are some of the essential questions of our humanity.
Some answers to this question place a lot of emphasis on free will and merit, that our lives...Read Full Post
I have had variations on the following conversation ever since I finished treatment:
I know this does not make me popular. I know some of you reading this find me coarse and unnecessarily...Read Full Post
Believe it or not, I was a social media dabbler before I started this blog three years ago.
I even live tweeted my mammogram.
The difference? I had about 30 followers at the time. There were no...Read Full Post
Mommy, when I grow up, I will invent a vaccine that stops cancer before it grows.
Then I will invent a time machine and travel back in time. I’ll give you the vaccine,
and then you will never...Read Full Post
Five years ago today, my stepbrother died. I can’t believe so much time has gone by already. I am experiencing that strange refracting sense of time, where his death feels like a lifetime ago...Read Full Post
One of my children has faced some serious challenges that, I believe and some of the experts we have talked to concur, have been exacerbated by our family’s two year plus cancer crisis.
Out of...Read Full Post
What to Walter White and General Patraeus have in common?
Aside from being white American men of a certain age, maybe not much.
But they do both have a cancer diagnosis.
Does this explain the...Read Full Post
I keep thinking about David and Goliath. It must've been pretty nerve wracking for David to stand there in front a giant who had claimed so many lives with just a sling shot. He had tremendous Faith...Read Full Post
I'm at a point where I feel like my life is ending. Not my whole life, just parts of it. I guess everybody feels this way at some point whether it be graduating high school or moving out. I am so...Read Full Post
I remember the day I faced my worst fear… again. It was a day like none other. I could feel it in my shoulders as I walked into this jungle of a hospital for the first time. It was around...Read Full Post
Right now I look at my life in phases. I'm sure everyone does. I don't know if this makes too much sense but I think that these different phases we go through define who we are as people. It's like...Read Full Post
I have this urge. This overwhelming urge to tell my story. There hasn't been one time that I've sat down and told someone my whole story. Part of the reason is because it's still being written. The...Read Full Post
Dear Bobby,When you feel bad... Fight harder!When you feel good... Fight Harder!When you get bad news... Fight Harder!When you get good news... Fight Harder! If there ever comes a point in your life...Read Full Post
I know what I want. I want the same thing as every cancer patient. I want a doctor to look me in the eye and say Bobby, your chances are 100%. Not gonna happen. I do know someone who can promise me...Read Full Post
I'm nervous. I'm real nervous. I'm probably more nervous now then when I got diagnosed with cancer. I guess this is where my faith comes in. I gotta have faith that Houston is the best place for me...Read Full Post
I don't get it. I don't know why. This is hard, real hard. Some days I feel on top of the world while some days I feel like I do now. It's not that I feel bad and it's not that I'm weak, that couldn'...Read Full Post
I can't seem to come up with a title for this blog. I'm feeling so many things right now I don't even know if I could put them into words but I'm gonna try. I remember when I used to play sports the...Read Full Post
2017 is going into the 3rd year of being a widow. I am ready to start the next chapter of my life, but damn it is hard. Someone point me to the right place to meet my 2nd man of my dreams! No...Read Full Post
Wow, 2017. Time is flying by too fast and I still feel like it was yesterday that Don died. When in reality it has been 2 years, 6 months and 2 days since my world changed. I am doing OK....Read Full Post
To the couple at Hobby Lobby:I'm sorry I must have looked like a crazed woman when you saw me looking at you, but you just reminded me of what I once had. When the young wife looked at something and...Read Full Post
This is has a hard post to write, I wanted to have some time to have been able to fully absorb the enormous amount of feelings that I went through in just planning this trip, seeing the trip through...Read Full Post
Tongass Island early 1800'sNext week the girls and I will head to Alaska for a very important trip. This trip will be to spread some of Don's ashes on Tongass Island. Don's wishes were for me...Read Full Post
I have been a widow for approximately 640 days. Crazy to think of it like that. For the last 640 days I have longed for my husband. Wished that cancer did not take away the one person...Read Full Post
I'm sick. I have a cold and anyone that really knows me knows that I like to be babied and pampered when I am sick. Well, when you are a widow, there is no longer a spouse to do the...Read Full Post
Do I dive in again? Test the waters, see what the life of dating is like again? I'm scared. I'm nervous. Actually, I am terrified.How do I do this? How do you figure out how to meet people and...Read Full Post
August and September slipped right past me with no update!YIKES!I have taken lots of weekend trips. Mom, Audrey and I traveled to West Virginia to surprise my Aunt Julia for her birthday. That was...Read Full Post
Gratitude is not always found in greeting cards or a personal thank you note. It’s not just a pre-determined socially accepted series of words. The truest forms of gratitude grip at your heart and...Read Full Post
Guest blogger Alicia Garey is an interior designer, blog contributor for the Huffington Post and author of What a Blip: A Breast Cancer Journal of Survival and Finding Wisdom. Alicia previously...Read Full Post
Guest Blogger Alexandria Moree shares her experience living in a foreign country with alopecia.
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Guest blogger Heather O’Brien Walker is a...Read Full Post
Meet Carol, our June beaudiva!
For several years I had been gradually losing my hair, despite my using all sorts of supplements and natural miracle hair creams. I still have enough hair to make a...Read Full Post
The other day I came across a very honest and humorous blog about a guy who shaved his head at a charity event for children’s cancer. This decision came after a few drinks when ideas of this...Read Full Post
Shopping for a wig can be stressful, especially if you’re a newbie. 4Women.com, Inc.’s resident wig tutor, Lana Moriece, is here to the rescue! Her new blog posts, “Wig Tutor,...Read Full Post
Having had alopecia for 12 years, I should be quite accustomed to people entering my personal space with comments about my lack of hair. After a very long work day, I decided to go to Home Depot...Read Full Post
Thank you so much for considering me for this honor.
On October 21, 2011, I found a lump in my breast. It was cancer. I was supposed to have a lumpectomy and five days of radiation. Unfortunately,...Read Full Post
Recently I was interviewed by Fox Small Business Center as a spotlight interview in recognition as a company that is making a difference in women being treated for breast cancer. We like to think...Read Full Post