Healing Journeys

This year, my Christmas tree is decorated in pink to symbolize what I’ve gone through since my breast cancer diagnosis. All of the ornaments have meaning and some of the older ornaments have new meaning.  Here’s what they mean to me:

Pink ribbons are symbolic of breast cancer and heroism.
Icicles are for the tears shed in sorrow, [...]

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It’s the holiday season and I have a lot to be thankful for. And, for the most part, I am.  I’m very lucky to have health insurance; that my household has a source of income; and especially that prayers about my breast cancer have thus far been answered. 

So why do I feel so depressed?  I think that I’m feeling [...]

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It’s now close to two months since my surgery and I’m doing pretty well.  However, when I went to physical therapy to help me regain range-of-motion in my arm and prevent lymphedema, my therapist noticed that my left arm was a bit swollen. That indicated that lymphedema was in fact beginning. She said that I [...]

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You know what has been really difficult during this brief time that I’ve been battling breast cancer?  It’s been watching my 10-year-old daughter blossom and bloom before my eyes. Her body is changing as much as mine. But she’s just starting on the path to womanhood and I feel like I’m at the end of the [...]

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A few weeks after my surgery, I received my personal Oncotype DX score. This score is from a test that was done on my tumor tissue. Here’s an explanation of the test that’s from BeWell.com. You can find the whole article at  http://bewell.com/ArticleDetail.aspx?id=2296&type=1:  

“The Oncotype DX test determines how 21 specific genes – 16 breast cancer related genes [...]

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