Hi there! Welcome! I am happy you found your way to my blog. Today is October 1, 2024, which means Breast Cancer Awareness Month has begun. Strangely enough, I find myself sitting in the café at Magee Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Thankfully, I am here today to sit in the audience as Magee Women’s HospitalContinue reading “HERE WE GO”
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Closing a Chapter!
Hi there! Once again it has been a hot minute since my last blog post. To say my life has been CRAZY the last few months is a huge understatement. I have had quite a few things in the works for years and they all seem to be forming one colossal crescendo! That being said,Continue reading “Closing a Chapter!”
BRCA BRCA ONE NINE
11-03-2021 Since the very first time my husband and I talked to our son about my BRCA1 status and the fact that, as my son, he had a 50/50 chance of inheriting the mutation, he often raises his right hand as if holding a CB radio and mumbles (like a seasoned truck driver) the phraseContinue reading “BRCA BRCA ONE NINE”
Awareness Rising
9-28-2021 With summer officially ending, the month of September focused on raising awareness of Ovarian and other Hereditary Cancers, followed by October raising awareness for Breast Cancer, I have found myself in quite the reflective mood. I have pondered what my existence was like before finding out I carry the BRCA1 mutation (which was exactlyContinue reading “Awareness Rising”
It’s TWINS
4-4-2021 WARNING ~ There WILL BE pictures! If you don’t want to see them, close your eyes and turn back now. ~ Additional Warning ~ I am still medicated and this may not be the best grammatical post I have done! Here we go…… And, just like that, surgery is over! I want to sayContinue reading “It’s TWINS”
Boobvoyage!
3-31-2021 ~ WARNING ~ Proceed with Caution (or sunglasses). If the site of a boob scares you, turn back now! After 14 months of researching, thinking about and planning for a Prophylactic Double Mastectomy, the time for it is pretty much here. In two days, I will walk into Magee Women’s Hospital and place myContinue reading “Boobvoyage!”
N.I.P.P.L.E.
3-21-2021 There are certain words in the English language that have a tendency to make one cringe. Some of these words are: moist, phlegm, crevice, mucous, damp, discharge and smear. Added to my own personal collection of wince worthy words are breast and nipple. I can not tell you why I loathe these words, butContinue reading “N.I.P.P.L.E.”
A River Girl's Reflections on Life with BRCA1 