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Cancer anniversaries are bittersweet.
Wedding anniversaries remind us of young love or
second-chance love and fill us with happy memories.
Anniversaries of the death of loved ones are sad. When I'm out of sorts and can't figure out
why, I often realize that the day marks an anniversary of the death of someone
close... Read more
Marisa's reports about the Breast Cancer Research
Foundation's big Spring
Gala, the Hottest Pink Party Ever, have interested me because I've been planning my own cancer
celebration. That phrase "cancer celebration"
certainly is an oxymoron. Why would
anyone celebrate cancer?
I won't be trying to compete with the... Read more
Most people are diagnosed with breast cancer by a surgeon, usually a local surgeon recommended by their primary care doctor. Maybe the cancer was so small and easy to remove that more decisions aren't necessary. But most of the time, the biopsy is just the start of decision-making. Lumpectomy and radiation, or mastectomy? Is surgery... Read more
I also read the Washington Post advice column -- about how to talk about cancer and death, if your prognosis is not good -- that PJ Hamel and Natalia Hernandez wrote about this week. You can see PJ's post from Monday for the text of the original letter and response from Carolyn Hax, the advice columnist. The letter writer, "V,"... Read more
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