Sharing Your Medical History With Your Family

TweetI recently had a conversation with my sister about a medical situation that I had with one of my parathyroid glands (never heard of them before) and subsequently with my thyroid gland.  We discussed the symptoms created by the problem and she decided to discuss it with her own doctor.  As a result, when she [...]

Celebrate International Women’s Day

TweetOn Tuesday, March 8th, we celebrate International Women’s Day “which celebrates respect, appreciation and the empowerment of women all over the world”.  For me, I have chosen to honor this day by focusing on breast cancer, and in particular, directing all women to the “Susan G. Komen for the Cure” website at komen.org  The reason [...]

Blog Anniversary Brings Something New

TweetOn January 22, 2008, I wrote my first weekly blog.  After several months of “encouragement” from my husband, Kirk, I sat down to write about what I was thinking after a second diagnosis of breast cancer  Never in my wildest imagination did I think that I would write each week for 3 full years and [...]

Referees Face Ban for Pink Whistles

TweetI could not believe my eyes when I read this story about a group of Washington state referees that banned together to donate their high school refereeing game checks to support the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research and to use pink whistles during those games. And now they are facing punishment for [...]

Lisa’s Tribute to Her Mother

TweetI first met Lisa Koch-Howell here a few months ago shortly after her mother lost her life to breast cancer.  At that time she wrote to me the following: “Well I was wondering if you could give me some advice. My sister did the 3 day breast cancer walk 2 years ago. She really enjoyed [...]

A Tribute to A Special Doctor

TweetOver the last 2 ½ years that I have been writing this blog, I have written special tributes on a few occasions – to my husband, my brother, my dad and to a close neighbor upon his passing.  This week, I once again find myself moved to add another person to that list as I [...]

Cancer: Helping Others

TweetAs I concluded a second Let Life Happen radio broadcast last evening on the subject about “how did you react when someone told you that they had cancer”, I wanted to thank each and every person who posted a comment or shared a story on this subject.  As we all know, that is a really hard subject with [...]

How Did You React When Someone Told You That They Had Cancer – Part 2

TweetOne of the hardest thing that anyone might ever have to do is to hear that a family member or loved one or friend has cancer. It has happened to just about every single person that I know. Although we addressed this topic last week, I wish to continue the discussion this week, but I [...]

Help Others – Tell Your Story

TweetOne of the single most important things that I have learned since writing my very first blog is that by telling my story, I am helping other people who have been or currently are in the same circumstances that I have experienced.  I have also learned that once other people read or heard your story [...]

A Special Tribute to My Husband

TweetJanuary 22nd has become a very special day to me.  Not only is it the 2nd anniversary of writing my weekly blog but also I walked out of the doctor’s office yesterday after my final follow up after my reconstructive surgery.  I feel so free.  But, the next thing that came into my mind is [...]

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