Blog Category: Cancer

Mountains, Musings & Microphones

March 6 2016
It’s been March (really, February) madness around here! I thought I would ease into the new year and then wham–incredible, life-reminding stuff has happened so I thought I’d hop on […]
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Precision Medicine

February 9 2016
If you’re hearing the terms “precision medicine” and/or “personalized medicine” more and more, there is a reason. The future of cancer treatment is being focused on tailoring cancer treatment to […]
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Scanxiety (or, feeling anxious about a follow-up scan)

January 29 2016
News from Cancerland…yesterday was my PET/CT scan (abdominal/pelvis/chest), where they see if (rather, make sure) no sneaky cancer cells have decided to colonize in my body. (I send daily mental […]
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Happy New Year

January 19 2016
Happy new year! These past two months blogging has taken a back seat to…being. The book deadline, the holidays, and life all are moving along merrily. My daughter turned 8 […]
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Happy Cancerversary

November 22 2015
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Live (verb): to be alive; to continue to be alive. Tomorrow I reach my third year “cancerversary;” or, the third year since I was diagnosed. I can never […]
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Story 4

November 20 2013
November 2013 Week 6, Radiation Therapy Hi everyone… Report from your favorite crispy cancer patient. Week 6 has started and I am definitely getting charred; today Dr. Halberg gave me […]
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Story 3

October 28 2013
Hello! Radiation Grrl here, with a report from the nuclear science world. I am halfway through Week 3 of radiation and I’m simply…glowing. Literally. My chest looks like it’s been […]
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Story 2

February 24 2013
Hi everyone, I wrote this last week before my [chemo] trip to LA to City of Hope; we leave again this Tuesday afternoon. Thinking white blood cell count thoughts. Lesley […]
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Story 1

December 4 2012
Hi friends, I wrote an update for the other “Lotsa Helping Hands” website but I thought you–-my good friends–could handle another update, more personal and raw. Please forgive typos; I […]
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