Being a breast cancer patient can be lonely. Even with supportive friends and family, no one really knows what it’s like to endure the shock, anger, grief, and stress of being diagnosed with cancer, and then to undergo the scorched-earth treatment of it. No one knows what it’s like to put up with exhortations to […]
My first guardian angel was a dog. She was a mostly-brown German Shepherd, with the unimaginative but serviceable name of Brownie. I was only an infant when she cared for me, but I must have learned from her, because I grew to have an instinct for devotion and kindness toward animals that I did not […]
Two years ago today, my friend Shelli, who blogged at the Dirty Pink Underbelly, died of metastatic breast cancer. Four days after her death, I started writing this post. And couldn’t quite finish it. It wasn’t any easier to finish it today than it was then. [February 17, 2014] This entire thing about making friends […]
“Symmetry is vastly overrated.”
Skewering the pinksploitation of breast cancer since 2009.
Seven Years in A Row!
Now, I like to think I provide solid information on this blog. But nothing you read here can replace seeing
your doctor if you need medical help. By all means, read a little first so you can ask good questions. But then go get help so you can come back & tell me how it went. Just take good care
of yourself. I need you to come back &
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The first ever MAAM of the Year blogger awards (Mammogramatically-challenged And/or Also Metsters) were given to breast cancer bloggers of righteous snark. I'm so proud!
