Pink Ribbon Day

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I just returned from my yearly mammogram — a milestone: 10 years. Though I rarely think about cancer, mammogram day still brings the butterflies to my stomach. There is the waiting, the anxiety when the technician comes back for “a couple more views,” the what ifs? that race through my mind and finally, the relief [...]

It’s October

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Thanks to Kim West for the graphic. It’s October — breast cancer awareness month. Ten years ago this January, I was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. Thankfully, my tumor was very small, about 1 cm, and it had not spread to the lymph nodes, so my treatment — six weeks of radiation and five [...]