My 911 – literally and figuratively speaking
September 11, 2019 will always be etched in my memory. I was walking downtown, returning from an appointment, when I began feeling chest pains, my …
Personal
A new decade. A new life.
Thinking back to this past year, I realize how much my family and I have been through. As a result of my cancer diagnosis, our …
What I’m doing about the cancer Grinch who almost stole my Christmas
I love Christmas. I always have. I love the eggnog, decorating the tree with the silver ornaments my parents gave me as an annual Christmas …
Your mommy is bald and ugly!
These were the words my five-year-old daughter (identified as V) was subjected to on her bus ride home on the first day of school this …
Being a cancer patient will help me in business
Scenario 1 I was with my husband when I got the news from my General Practitioner (GP) doctor that I had stage 3 breast cancer. …
Cancer’s impact: it’s a family affair
What I have learned as a cancer patient is that the cancer isn’t isolated to me. It has tentacles that reach out to my closest …
Blepharitis & Dry Eye Syndrome
Blepharitis and dry eye syndrome from my treatments have been particularly bad the past few days and my doctor prescribed eye mask isn’t cutting it. …
Practice makes perfect
This is what happens when you get distracted by kids and when an inexperienced person tries drawing eyebrows… One is much higher than the other. …
Herceptin, my saviour!
It’s a good news / bad news situation. Bad news is that my bloodwork wasn’t good (anemia, moderately high neutropenia, low platelets and signs of …