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One of my very favorite things to do when I have a few days with nothing going on is to hop in the car with the kids and head out for a road trip. There is just something about these southern cities and towns that inspires me to slow down and smell the magnolias. My…
Sending the “Girls” Off In Style The time from when you get the dreaded “you have breast cancer” phone call til mastectomy day everything is completely surreal. It’s rather indescribable actually. I knew that my diagnosis was real, but part of me couldn’t believe it. It was consuming almost all of my thoughts and my…
Here are the items I found to be the most helpful to have around during my mastectomy recovery.
Before going through it myself, I pictured a chemo patient as bald, weak, and huddled over a toilet. When I found out I would need chemotherapy, I knew I’d try anything to not be that person. I didn’t want to worry my family and friends and I wanted to continue to be able to take…
How Cold Caps Saved my Hair and my Attitude during Chemotherapy. When I was first diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS), my first sigh of relief was that is was treatable and I’d be ok. My second sigh came when I found out that what I had was NOT treated with chemotherapy. Of…
We wanted to celebrate the New Year in a big way, so we booked a 4 day, 4 night trip to Universal Studios Orlando. Because of all the appointments with ending treatment and planning for Christmas, I didn’t have time or energy to do a lot of research beforehand. We’ve done Disney and SeaWorld many…