I can’t take off my sports bra for three days. I already want to burn it. I feel like I’m not clean. I can barely reach the crevices in...

Once I got out of surgery and sobered up (only a bit) I asked for my phone and was immediately overwhelmed by the amount of people...

Prep night before by showering with special soap that smells like hospital. (This should be a new essential oil aroma that triggers...

The meeting with the surgeon for surgery details and last-minute instructions went smoothly, except for the part about the possibility of...

Music has always been a huge part of my life. It has inspired me. It has challenged my thinking. It has shown me different perspectives....

May 5- This was the first day that I thought to myself: “I can do this and its going to be ok!” Yes, I am still scared but it was the...

6 days later, I still wait. I wait for the biopsy results. I wait for the genetic test results. And husband reminds me that no one ever...

It started as a favor to a brunch friend. She wanted me to come with her to try a friend’s yoga class. Sonia was just starting to teach...

It was months ago that I started dragging two friends to Bootcamp at the local YMCA. It is an hour-long class where you do 10-12...

Before I got there, I was already done with it all. It was at the same location, same check in procedure, same instructions for preparing...

Plastic surgeon appointment. I waited for 20 minutes at the slowest elevator on earth. The waiting room was full of people who were in...

The people who have been on this journey with me so far have reached out in so many ways. Offering to help. With anything. Its...

Next on the list of to-dos was a meeting with my surgical team. My parents were in town to enjoy their grandkids while they had some time...

The next steps were to have an MRI; possibly another biopsy; meet with a surgical team and move forward from there. The MRI was a third...

Finally, just as I was forgetting, on March 27, I got the call. My phone rang and it was my primary care doctor. I was standing at the...

When I turned 40, I did the thing we are all supposed to do: I made an appointment for a mammogram. I was warned by several doctors and...