Information and opinions on Breast Cancer from Nikolai at MyBreastCancerNetwork.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45855/universality Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:15:00 -0400 Nikolai Well it's nearing the end of the month, my story could go on forever but it's probably best I find a place to leave it off. Breast Cancer Awareness Month was a huge success as far as I'm concerned.   Many new voices in the community have been popping up over the past year and they've proven to be both insightful and universal. The first step to finding a cure to breast cancer, or any cancer for that matter, is to get people excited about... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45855/universality http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/46450/things-told Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:54:00 -0400 Nikolai The Things I Wish My Mother Would Have Told Me is a play that makes no attempt to conform to traditional rules of drama. While the play does progress through a story and uses many common dramatic devices - music, lighting, and props - it seems to be more acute than the typical Broadway show. Perovetz has a journey to relate and, not for a single moment, does she deviate onto another topic. Her mother died of breast cancer when Mia Perovetz was... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/46450/things-told http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45856/metamorphos Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:19:00 -0400 Nikolai Years after my mom was told she was in full remission, I was home from school for break. It was probably spring break because the light in my memory feels blue, and I notice the light in my head changes colors depending on the season. Summer light is yellow, fall is brown, winter is grey, and spring is blue.   In my memory, I've got a headache and I tell my mom about it. She is propped up on the bed, her laptop open on her lap, in the... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45856/metamorphos http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45774/playwright Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:24:00 -0400 Nikolai   Nikolai Hamel: When is the play opening? Where is it playing? Where can people get tickets?   Mia Perovetz: The Things I Wish My Mother Would Have Told Me... is opening at Center Stage NY located 48 West 21st fourth Floor, New York, NY 10010. October 22nd - November 2nd, 2008. You can purchase tickets at www.thethingsiwish.com follow the link to theater mania. Or call: 212-352-3101   NH: How has the experience of writing... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45774/playwright http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45560/christmas Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:39:59 -0400 Nikolai I can remember Christmas Eve when I was a kid. It would be late, and I would be waiting for the sounds of hooves on the roof or the cookies' mysterious disappearance from my grandmother's parlor. It would be dark, but lights from the tree or little singing dolls or the Christmas lights strung around the bushes outside would give the place a glow, like everything had its own bit of light coming from deep within itself. My grandmother would be up... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45560/christmas http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45241/dad Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:38:00 -0400 Nikolai In the living room, my dad was sitting in the dark. He was wearing his shoes in the house (very exceptional behavior for him). Of his face, I could only see his open eyes through the gloom: they stared blankly into the open space of the room. His shoulders were hunched from elbows propped on his knees, and his hands were held out before him, like he was praying. He wasn't speaking so I don't know if he was or not, but he may have been silently... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45241/dad http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45240/hospital Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:33:21 -0400 Nikolai The hospital by our house is immense. I live in a fairly rural area, and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center makes everything within 50 miles look like Legos. It's hidden by a small forest and so it looms and bends towards you when you finally break through to its network of parking lots. As daunting as it may seem to many, the medical center is very well respected in many fields, and most who go there feel lucky they did. For me, as my mom's... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/45240/hospital http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/44925/interview Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:46:00 -0400 Nikolai   Nikolai Hamel: Briefly, what is your project and what inspired it? How did you choose the name?   Gabriela Mejia: My project is to produce and curate a coffee table book called CLEAVAGE: New Ways to Look. It's a deliberately seductive art book, focused on edgy and provocative visual and textual representations of cleavage and breasts, as interpreted by its different artists and contributors; but more subtly, its primary... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/44925/interview http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/43440/lack-thereof Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:31:00 -0400 Nikolai I wasn't present for the actual event, but I do remember the before and after. I can't say my mom acted quickly. She really let it get to the final strand before taking the next step, but she finally shaved it all off.   I'm remembering her hair of course, or lack thereof. I suppose it would have been something if my mom was a young hipster who could pull bald off, but she was very middle aged, and the bald look was a little over the top... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/43440/lack-thereof http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/43653/supervising Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:03:00 -0400 Nikolai   Nikolai Hamel: You've written for several popular television shows, including Felicity, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, and now, Gossip Girl. With such a creative background, you easily could have written a fictional account of your story. How did you decide to write a non-fiction account? Or did you just know that you had to tell your story and that of your mother?   Jessica Queller: I felt it was very important to write my story... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/28496/43653/supervising