A number of weeks ago I shared a Winter Reading List with a pile of book recommendations for you. Since I’ve been home pretty much ever since for a combination of surgery recovery/holidays/lockdown/awaiting radiation I’ve done a LOT more reading, and I’m sharing my favourites with you here today! If you plan to order online […] Read more…
Cancer treatment plans are very much tailored to each individual patient, so before I get to my personal plan (which follows the lumpectomy surgery I had in early December), I want to share some details about my cancer with you. First, let me introduce you to my tumour: invasive ductal carcinoma (80% of breast cancers […] Read more…
There’s a reason I’m sharing these segment videos today (and not just because I want to offer ideas to help you support your child’s education) – it’s because it took a lot of effort to get them! I don’t mean the work that went into preparing the content and appearing on The Social; I’m referring […] Read more…
Recovery from my lumpectomy and lymph node removal has been really up and down, both physically and emotionally. I haven’t had any issues in terms of the breast surgery itself, but the area under my arm where the lymph nodes were removed has been a lot trickier, with numbness (I still can’t feel myself applying […] Read more…
You know how I’m all about experiences over things, and I love a good bus tour. When in New York, I did the Sex and the City Tour through On Location Tours and it was really fun to see a pile of locations that had been mentioned throughout the series, and even enjoy a Magnolia […] Read more…
On Monday I had surgery to remove the cancerous tumour in my breast and I’m sharing a recap of the day below. Sunday night I took a Lorazepam to help me sleep, and I was up at 6 a.m. the next morning to shower and head to the hospital. My husband dropped me at the […] Read more…
On November 24 when I received my date for surgery (coming up on Monday, December 7th) I was told to go home immediately and begin self-isolation! Well, I took a detour by the school so I could leave things set up for my replacement teacher, but since then I’ve been hanging out chez moi. (I […] Read more…
So strong. So brave. Wow, I kinda love that people see me this way. But let me be honest: it’s not always the case. And I sure don’t want other cancer patients or survivors to think that’s how they’re “supposed” to appear. I may be a royal-watcher but my upper lip is anything but stiff, […] Read more…
Before I start I have to share that I was so excited when leaving the hospital after finding out I only had one tumour that I barely registered walking right past an inmate (orange jumpsuit, handcuffs, leg shackles, flanked by a couple of correctional officers) on my way out. This memory popped into my brain […] Read more…
I have a backlog of excellent book titles to recommend that I was saving for the podcast, but now that I’m on a bit of a health hiatus I figured I should go ahead and share them – so here are some titles to keep you occupied through what may be a COVID quarantine winter! […] Read more…