Category: My Cancer Journey (TNBC)
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Welcome October and Hello, Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October 2, 2023 Before my breast cancer diagnosis October was just another month. It was the month that teased us all into thinking that we still had a lot of time before the holidays rolled around, which we all know by now isn’t true. October was the month where we all started dreading having to…
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MD Anderson – the place where it all began.
September 25, 2023 As I sit here waiting for my appointment for my annual scans at the Mays Center at MD Anderson in Houston it’s difficult not to reflect on that moment just over two years ago (9/23/21) when I received the news that the suspicious spot in my right breast was cancer. For anyone…
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Not all Handicaps can be seen
July 4, 2023 I honestly don’t even know where to start this blog, or how to present the content in the light that I truly want to highlight it as, however, I’m going to do my best and pray that the message is well received in the way that I would like for it to…
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Happy 1 Year Cancer-Anniversary
April 5, 2023 It’s crazy to think that a year ago today I was at MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, Texas, preparing to have my tumor, Oscar, excised from my body once and for all. I can still remember the peace that washed over me that morning and knowing that I was being covered…
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Scan Anxiety – the struggle is real.
March 20, 2023 It’s hard to understand the anxiety that comes with a cancer diagnosis until you have experienced it for yourself. I believe that it doesn’t matter how long it’s been since your diagnosis, or how far away you are from that diagnosis but the simple fact that you had been diagnosed previously that…
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Cheers to New Beginnings
November 4, 2022 Hi, y’all – It’s been a minute since I have had a second to stop and write and get you updated on how I am and where I am in my journey. As many of you know, I have been on Xeloda since July 5th of this year. I found out before taking…
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Letting it Go…
October 22, 2022 It’s been a minute since I’ve written, and I apologize for that. We’ve been going through some stuff in our lives as I’m sure most of you have as well. It seems as if everywhere I turn recently everyone is going through something and that makes my heart hurt. It’s a time…
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The message to take away…
October 9, 2022 – I was speaking to my mother the other evening and I shared with her that I wrote my diagnosis story and she encouraged me to follow up that story with another blog about how the cancer diagnosis changed me and to share the changes I made in my life since receiving…
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness month…
October 2, 2022 October is Breast Cancer Awareness month; however, I want to stress that every month needs to be Breast Cancer Awareness month. October is especially sentimental to me considering that last year my treatments started in October. I can’t stress enough how important it is to perform your monthly breast exams and to…
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The day the air left the room…
September 23, 2022 Picking up from where I left off in my last blog, I want to set the scene so you can understand where I was and the events that followed. As I stated in the last blog, Nicky and Phillip had arrived in Austin to spend the weekend with Mano and me. We…
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