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Lumpectomy 2022: Another Step In The In-Between
As I headed into my second lumpectomy, I was struck by how different it felt facing this surgery again. I was less fearful of the actual procedure and more anxious about the possible results. Lumpectomy 2022 was another step in-between.
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From An Inconclusive Biopsy to a Lumpectomy
After an inconclusive biopsy result, it was time to meet with my surgeon to discuss the pending lumpectomy. Surgery is soon!
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An Inconclusive Biopsy: More In-Between Ahead
I’ve had many biopsies over the years. They have all been able to definitively tell whether the finding is cancer or not. I was expecting that same clarity after this latest biopsy. I was completely unprepared to hear that the results were inconclusive.
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Cancer Survivorship: Living in the In-Between
When I finished breast cancer treatment, I eagerly awaited the time that I could move back into the normal phase of my life. Treatment was done, and now everything could fall back into place. But, it turns out, there isn’t a back to normal. Cancer survivorship, for me, means learning to live in the in-between.
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Another Biopsy: Not On My List of 2022 Summer Fun!
A biopsy wasn’t on my list of summer fun. And yet, here I am, three years after my first abnormal mammogram, facing another biopsy. I’m not excited.
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Fatigue Strategies: What Size Battery are You Today?
Communicating our fatigue level can be challenging. How do we make the invisible, visible? Let's use batteries as a visual aid!
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Specialized Walks for Creativity, Connection, and Cooling Off
Specialized walks for inspiring creativity, building connection, or cooling off emotionally are important to have in our well-being toolbox.
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Why is DCIS Controversial?
Why is DCIS Controversial? And what does that mean for patients? When I was diagnosed with DCIS in 2019, I had no idea it was controversial. I knew DCIS was early-stage breast cancer and needed to be treated. But, the idea that it was controversial? That certainly didn't cross my mind.
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Escape From Routine Prison
Routines are great until they become a prison that we’ve trapped ourselves in. When routines get bloated, rigid, or oppressive, it is time to break free from routine prison. So how do we recognize we are in routine prison, plan our escape, and avoid putting ourselves back into routine prison?
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Recovery is a Process, Not an Event
Recovery from cancer or a significant injury isn’t an event. We don’t wake up one day and feel completely recovered. Recovery is a process, not an event.
