Good Books on Breast Cancer
A friend just asked me for recommendations for books on breast cancer. Here are my picks:
Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book (Susan Love, MD)
A good all around manual on breast cancer and treatment. Recommended by my doctors and my surgeon.
Just Get Me Through This: The Practical Guide to Breast Cancer (Deborah A. Cohen)
A personal and [...]
Chemo Chronicles
Want the raw truth about chemo? It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. But maybe that’s because I have an active, and sometimes gory, imagination.
As scary as it is to have cancer, it’s almost scarier to face chemo. I’ve blogged before about the terror inherent in the word “cancer,” and I think [...]
Flashpants…or 18 year olds in love do strange things
For a change, and to honor “Funny Friday,” I’m sharing a story about the most embarrassing moment of my life. Enjoy.
I looked down in horror at what lay in the middle of the street. Should I pick it up? Before anyone saw? Or just walk on, ignore it and leave it there? I was frozen, [...]
Top 10 Things that Rock About Being Bald
Being bald as a result of chemo is a shock, I cannot lie. But along the way I’ve discovered a few things that rock about being hairless. Here we go…
1. Showers take 5 minutes. Really.
2. Shaving my legs? Nope. Don’t have to. They are smooth and sleek.
3. Armpits? Ditto.
4. No more $45 haircuts.
5. Shampoo, conditioners, [...]
Haunted by the Ghosts of Cancers Past
I am not my father.
My cancer is not my father’s cancer.
Two very simple statements, but the journey I undertook to be able to say them, and more importantly, to believe them, was perilous. What I didn’t understand when I was diagnosed with breast cancer five months ago is that I would not be experiencing this [...]
Going commando to church. Do I dare?
I pride myself on being raised a cowgirl. My dad was a Texas cowboy, and he raised my sister and I to wrangle horses, shovel out stalls, throw hay bales, and never mind the dirt or the muck. We got thrown off and got back on, we hopped on our favorite quarter horse and rode [...]
Danger: Tall, Pale, Bald Woman Wielding Power Tools
A few days ago someone said something that shocked me. I wanted to use the leaf blower to do some much needed clean-up on the front porch and someone, trying to talk me out of it, called me “ill.”
Shocking. I was appalled. Why? Because I don’t feel ill.
I’m not even quite sure exactly what it [...]
Everyone’s Staring At My Chest
I’ve noticed something strange lately. Everyone’s staring at my chest.
It’s not that I’m particularly well endowed, or that I wear those super low v-neck Tshirts hawked by Abercrombie & Fitch.
No. It’s because something is missing…and people know it.
Three months ago, in early September I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I noticed a little dent in [...]
Quick Bites on Goddess Worship
Some bite-sized thoughts and news items relating to goddess worship …
I was in Barnes and Noble recently, perusing the shelves on spirituality. And there were many, full of Christian books, along with books on world religions and "alternative spirituality." In the Christian section, Sue Monk Kidd’s books were shelved alphabetically just above C.S. Lewis and [...]
God’s Tattoo
Lately I’ve been fascinated by a new TV show called LA Ink. It’s about a popular tattoo parlor in Los Angeles, and
all the weird and wonderful creatures who both patronize and work in the shop. The show can be a little racy; I’ve turned it off a few times. But what’s interesting is the designs [...]
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