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Rest in Peace AnnaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Please light a candle for Anna and her family. Her son Nick has updated us that she passed away about 2 weeks ago. We are thinking of you Nick and send a big hug to you and your family. We ... (Source: jill's Weblog)
Source: jill's Weblog - February 1, 2012 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

Thank you for making me feel insecure about my treatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I hate these articles. This one discusses the lack of guidelines for what kind of clean margins are needed for whether a re-excision is needed after a lumpectomy. First let me say, thank you for upsetting potentially hundreds of thousands of women who had a lumpectomy and may or may not have had a needed second surgery or had a second surgery unnecessarily. This isn't something that really can be undone. If a second surgery was needed and wasn't done, there is probably nothing that can be done now. If a second surgery wasn't needed but was done, you really can't undo surgery.Second, the general media is not the place to di...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 1, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: breast cancer lumpectomy surgery Source Type: blogs

More to Bah! than bloggingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today, some reminders about what else Bah! can do for you. I speak at events – everything from corporate keynotes to school assembles – about my dance with cancer. Have a look at this page for more information. I’m booking up to the end of 2012 at the moment. And, if you’re feeling a bit stuck in a rut, if your New Year Resolutions didn’t pan out, if you feel as though you could do with a little help with your thinking, take a look at Bah! coaching. It might be just the ticket. I’d love to work with you on either of these things, so please do get in touch, and we’ll see what we ca...
Source: Bah! to cancer - February 1, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Stephanie Tags: Emotional Well-Being coaching speaker on cancer Source Type: blogs

Test results & snow in Florence!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday I didn’t check our mailbox until late afternoon. Then, just as a friend arrived to pick me up, I had a quick look, and boom!!!, there it was: the familiar fat hospital envelope. My January 12 2012 results. Let me tell ya, I almost fainted on the spot. Ignoring all the alarm bells going off [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 31, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Good!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It's just like when I'd get a smiley face on a paper in kindergarten. (Source: The Adventures of Cancer Girl)
Source: The Adventures of Cancer Girl - January 31, 2012 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

Getting rid of toxinsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This has been a newer fad or rage or whatever you want to call it - getting rid of toxins in our lives and living happier and healthier. We now know to skip the aerosol containers, teflon isn't good for us, and nuclear waste is dangerous for a long time. There are the people who do a 'cleanse' where they eat healthy and drink weird things to purge their digestive system of toxins. (I'm not a fan of that one.)The latest media hype is the toxic relationship - get rid of the people or relationships which are unhealthy for you. I can understand this. Do you have a 'user'/toxic friend? You know what I mean - the one who takes a...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 31, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: toxins healthy living relationships quality of life friends Source Type: blogs

Three points on which the medical profession and I differEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I went to my GP yesterday, just to confirm that I have a nasty buggy virusy thing and not the sort of thing that, if left, would require 6 months of antibiotics and an ‘if only you’d seen about it sooner’ glare. And yes, it is a virus. Yay. Rest, fluid, finish knitting my sweater and wait it out, basically. (The doctor didn’t say the bit about knitting but I know she meant to.) Fair enough, I said, it’s just that, with the ongoing anti-cancer treatment and all, I feel a bit vulnerable. Remember, said my doctor, Tamoxifen aside, you are a young, fit adult. OK, I said. ‘Young, fit adult?&#...
Source: Bah! to cancer - January 31, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Stephanie Tags: Musings doctor perceptions virus Source Type: blogs

Feb 4 – World Cancer Day: Celebrate with Team LIVESTRONGEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
by: Courtney Sommerville; Team LIVESTRONG “Together it is possible.”  That is the theme for this year’s ... (Source: LIVESTRONG Blog)
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - January 31, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Guest Source Type: blogs

Thoughts on Stress and Breast CancerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A thoughtful friend recently gave me a notepad that says “Stressed is desserts spelled backwards.” If only eating cheesecake could eliminate stress, I would be a happy girl. Stress is a common theme among many of the women I have been talking to lately. Financial concerns, family problems, health issues, and work demands are sources of increased stress in my friends. This concerns me because as anyone who has read my blogs on stress in the past knows, I truly believe that stress is a factor in the development of disease and specifically cancer. Let me make this perfectly clear that this is my own personal belie...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - January 30, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Breast cancer lifestyle Breast cancer research New Studies breast cancer awareness depression prayer and cancer stress Source Type: blogs

Insurance costsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Finally its about time is all I can say. By August 1, all employers must provide coverage for birth control for women at no extra cost. Religious employers such as churches had wanted an exception to the rule but the president has denied this. I support that decision. I realize that birth control may not agree with some religious beliefs but it is not up to the employer what medical decisions an employee makes. I am sure there are medical procedures out there that violate other beliefs. I am glad to see the end this bias. Viagra has been a covered medication since it was approved by the FDA, its about time birth control is...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 30, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: insurance costs doctors health insurance cancer Source Type: blogs

Guggulsterone also inhibits osteoclastogenesis in multiple myeloma and breast cancer cells…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday I forgot to give proper mention to a 2006 “Clinical Cancer Research” study showing that guggulsterone also inhibits osteoclastogenesis, which is, in very simple terms, the process of bone destruction that has such terrible consequences in multiple myeloma…So the fact that guggulsterone inhibits this process could be super important… I wrote about this study [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 30, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Sniff. Cough. Ginger. Gin.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I am not very well. I have a sore throat, sore ears, an unpredictable-squeak-or-growl voice, and a runny nose. This was my ailment of choice during my youth – if memory serves, I pretty much took antibiotics from November to February every year until someone took pity on me and took my tonsils out, after which things got a little better – so I know the drill. Take It Easy And Drink Plenty. Which I am trying to do. But, despite all of the practice I’ve had over the last couple of years – maybe because of it – I’m doing it with a very bad grace. Yesterday, I told Alan and Joy that ‘I...
Source: Bah! to cancer - January 30, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Stephanie Tags: Musings cocktail drinks recipe wellness Source Type: blogs

Courage when it countsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Remembering an amazing man- my cousin Gary Giudice who died this past weekend.Gary with his son NickyThe universe brought our families back together after my Gramma died.And two short weeks later, he called me to tell me he needed advice...he had cancer.Pancreatic cancer.He asked me for any resources I could think of to help him start out on the right path. Luckily, in my line of work I knew a lot of places for him to go. I made a few calls...but the gnawing feeling hit me each time I picked up the receiver. Why now? Just when we were getting to know him and his family again.I can't tell you how my heart sank when hea...
Source: Life is like a sandwich...enjoy the big bites. - January 30, 2012 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

Team LIVESTRONG: 40 Years of RAGBRAIEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s seven days across Iowa, sometimes unbearably hot, sometimes rainy, sometimes cold, and should be ... (Source: LIVESTRONG Blog)
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - January 30, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Brian Myers - LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs

Rough week-end….Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Karen had a very difficult week-end but has ended up on a good note today…….she has struggled with security and feeling a sense of lostness….she had problems recognizing me and others……we went for a ride yesterday and this calmed her down…I took her to the Dunkin theater and the park were we went on our [...] (Source: Carin' For Karen)
Source: Carin' For Karen - January 29, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: karen Tags: Life in general Source Type: blogs

The Things I Do to Spread LoveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tomorrow I'm leaving my apartment at 6:00 a.m. to drive to Leesburg, an hour away, to be the model speaker in a Toastmasters evaluation contest. I spent much of the afternoon and evening preparing for tomorrow's speech. One side effect of my restricted-calorie diet is what I call "foggy-brain," when my mental capacity slows because of a lack of energy. I usually prevent this by eating fruit or nuts throughout the day. But while preparing for my last speech on January 11, foggy-brain consumed me. To prevent foggy-brain today, I carbo-loaded with a massive lunch consisting of half a Peruvian rotisserie chicken, rice, salad,...
Source: I've Still Got Both My Nuts: A True Cancer Blog - January 29, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: bodily function book and speaking Source Type: blogs

Its just a sunburn - hah!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I am not sure why this article is so upsetting. Basically this woman in England was told for five months that she had a sunburn and it turned out she had inflammatory breast cancer - a very aggressive type of breast cancer with a 5 year survival rate of just 40%. I can't believe on how many levels this is so wrong. She had chemo and then a bilateral mastectomy and now it sounds like a recurrence has already happened.To the doctors I want to say, 'you were stupid'. If your initial diagnosis isn't right, then you need to think a little harder. I can understand thinking a rash is sunburn. That is logical but if it didn't go a...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 29, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: poor medical care cancer diagnosis breast cancer Source Type: blogs

Google Guggul!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A few days ago I decided to check the expiration dates of all my supplements. At the top of the gonna-expire-soon list was gugulipid, which I began taking a few days ago. What is it? Well, I’ve written about it, so one thing you can do is do a search of my blog (using my [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 29, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Check them outEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kate Forsyth has written an honest and beautiful piece about being diagnosed with cancer, and told she had three weeks to live, while pregnant. What happened next, frankly, makes me dance with cancer look like a date with James Nesbitt. (Or George Clooney. Or Patrick Dempsey. Pick your favourite. All of whom, I realise, have played doctors…. hmmmmm, what does that say about me?) You can find Kate’s article here, and she blogs here. Yesterday, I met Emma Sutton of Light The Spark, who sent me a link to this rather wonderful animation. If you’re here, you’ve probably already got the message, but you m...
Source: Bah! to cancer - January 29, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Stephanie Tags: Cancer Diagnosis Recovery From Breast Cancer breast cancer awareness browsing emma sutton kate forsyth light the spark Source Type: blogs

Rest in Peace PeteEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Please light a candle for Pete and his family. I am sad to say he passed away today. So sad. He will be greatly missed. Pete's Memorial Page ... (Source: jill's Weblog)
Source: jill's Weblog - January 28, 2012 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

We will be the salt-and-pepper shakersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It grows in black and white, this wild hair I'm graced with. It's a surprise. I still picture myself somewhere between nutmeg and dark brown, not this "old lady" spike. My friends say they can't see it, the white flecks, but my family, they see it and say it - "your hair looks old, Mama". Little do they know that old is cool. Every birthday a special celebration since cancer hit in 2008. In the waiting hours as I look forward to news about my cancer scan and tumor markers on February 1st, I look in the mirror and I exalt. I've made it to old lady hair."A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Its loveliness increases; it will n...
Source: Turquoise Gates - January 28, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: dreams aging parents 1000 gifts gray growing old Source Type: blogs

Advice for consumers of all times, actually…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
via Advice for the modern consumer — A. King in Society. Filed under: Ephemera Tagged: advice, Consumer (Source: white pebble)
Source: white pebble - January 28, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Patti Tags: Ephemera advice Consumer Source Type: blogs

Numbers and researchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This report would not change how I counsel women, as multiple studies, including a randomized trial, have shown an increased risk of breast cancer from combination hormone therapy," Kathy Helzlsouer, MD, director of the prevention and research center at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore...'So where does this leave us? Somewhat doubting this one study but based on the findings of other studies and the drop in breast cancer diagnoses, we can still state it was correct. (Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog)
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 28, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: statistics breast cancer cancer cause medical research Source Type: blogs

Morning haikuEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lavender clouds on wedgewood sky make me anything but blue. (Source: Bah! to cancer)
Source: Bah! to cancer - January 28, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Stephanie Tags: Life is Good haiku poetry Source Type: blogs

TodayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New coffee-house to attend: Ozo which is where I am now Where to go to tonight: Leo Kottke concert, which is sold out What to read: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy What can I say? I was brought up on Rafael Sabatini and James Bond. Related articles Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – a tribute (jsrealitybites.wordpress.com) Filed under: Ephemera Tagged: Coffeehouse, George Smiley, James Bond, Leo Kottke, Rafael Sabatini, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Source: white pebble)
Source: white pebble - January 27, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Patti Tags: Ephemera Coffeehouse George Smiley James Bond Leo Kottke Rafael Sabatini Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Source Type: blogs

tutorial: recycled magazine jewelry…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
    (As you can see, my first attempt at making these was a real big fail! I adapted this tutorial to get my final result)   Step 1: Tear out magazine pages.(make sure they are the brightness that you are looking for in your coil. Step 2 and 3: Fold them in half length wise, and then in half again (this is the part I adapted because I found that folding them in half created a bulkier strip than I desired) Step 4: Cut the page along the folds Step 5: Fold the strips in half length wise, and then in half again. (make sure your folds are tight.  At this point you will need to heat up your glue g...
Source: Especially Heather - January 27, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Especially Heather Tags: Tutorials Source Type: blogs

Remembering whose we are…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I have written on this subject so many times, yet I still need to be reminded of it daily. I need to be reminded that God only has my best at heart, even when He seems so far away. I have been rereading a book (Stones of Remembrance) that I bought when I first found out that I had brain cancer. Upon reading the things that I wrote in the margins, I wonder to myself “where did that girl go?” The girl that had rock solid faith. The girl that did not doubt, because she relied whole heartily on her Father. The girl that trusted her God through the worst diagnosis and prognosis imaginable. (won’t you join me f...
Source: Especially Heather - January 27, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Especially Heather Tags: 1 Source Type: blogs

and the winner is...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nancy from Nancy's Point! I'll be sending her a copy of Not Done Yet early next week.Thanks so much to everyone who entered.I'm hoping to have an ebook version of my book out soon. This will make it so much easier to send out (and no more shipping costs!)If you are reading this post on a site other than Not Just About Cancer (besides Facebook or a feed reader), you are reading stolen content. (Source: Not just about cancer)
Source: Not just about cancer - January 27, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: blook breast cancer community cancer blog good stuff Source Type: blogs

Workworkwork…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Busy days. Lots of work…teaching, translating…which doesn’t leave much time for research. Too bad, because I have quite a number of fascinating studies lying on my desktop…hope to get to them tomorrow…yes… In the meantime, here is a photo I took just two days ago of Pinga, my baby, at play. She’s such a clown! [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 27, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

Breast Reconstruction ? a definite yes! – guest postEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Jen, who writes at The Dinoia Family, offers some strong personal arguments in favor of breast reconstruction.  She argues effectively against those who might suggest that such surgery is arbitrary and needless I can’t describe it as anything other than sheer glee. Well, that might be a *wee* bit strong for now, but I honestly think it is what I have been feeling for the past week or so.  In other words, that first post-surgical blog post was not just the meds talking.  If you remember, I was a bit stressed about the surgery, so much so, that I took a ‘relaxation’ pill the night before.  I kept t...
Source: Being Cancer Network - January 27, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Guest Post * Living with Cancer Breast cancer Source Type: blogs

Blah, blah, blahEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As we approach the end of the month, the media is full of advice on how to keep your resolution to lose weight.Blah, blah, blah. This clip tells you to write down what you eat, get exercise, eat right, and weigh yourself once a week. Here's my non-professional advice:1. Eat right. This means no ice cream, french fries, pie, cake, donuts, candy, chips, fried food, or anything snack with more than 5 g of fat or 200 calories except on special occasions. And special occasions do not happen every day. Also, eat a piece of fruit or a serving of vegetables with every meal. Have an apple as a snack, instead of a bag of chips. etc....
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 27, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: diet exercise healthy eating food Source Type: blogs

Cancer Free Friday: Bah! BrowniesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Cancer-free, but not calorie-free, this one. If you’re on a diet, diabetic, sugar-free, wheat-free or dairy-free, look away now.) I thought, it being Friday and all, you might fancy a chocolate brownie. As the internet is not yet sophisticated enough to let you help yourself, here’s the next best thing: the recipe. I promise you, they are the easiest thing in the world to make. Bah! Brownies You need: 200g dark chocolate (the better, the better. I like Green & Blacks, but doesn’t everyone?) 175g butter 325g golden caster sugar 125g plain flour 3 eggs - Cake tin, approx 24cm x 24cm - Baking parchmen...
Source: Bah! to cancer - January 27, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Stephanie Tags: Cancer Free Friday baking Source Type: blogs

Partnered Event Update: Ski 4 YellowEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We’re always looking for innovative ways to raise funds for the fight against cancer, and ... (Source: LIVESTRONG Blog)
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - January 27, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Chris Brewer Source Type: blogs

Sometimes Science Is Not Convenient: Avastin® In The (Very) Early Treatment Of Breast CancerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sometimes science is not as convenient as we would like it to be. We want answers, we want clarity, we want direction--especially when it comes to the treatment of patients with cancer.   So when I read two articles and an editorial released Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, I was struck as to how studies seeking to answer similar questions could come to different conclusions. And, as I struggled to explain the research findings to reporters prior to their release to the general public, I found myself searching for words that would adequately explain the message of the research. Quite frankly, determin...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - January 26, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Breast Cancer Medications Research Treatment Source Type: blogs

Feeling after HimEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It has been well said that the true measure of any man's spirituality is the degree to which he can detect God in the most simple events around him. It is no mere spiritual phraseology when Scripture declares, "They should seek the Lord, if they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He is not far from every one of us; for in Him we live, and move, and have our being. (Acts 17:27-28) ~from Phillip Keller's A Layman's Look at the Lord's PrayerThe sun gleaming through the gray glimmers off their shiny winter jackets as they bend to build a man from the snow. Later that evening, the moon is setting golden over the snowy h...
Source: Turquoise Gates - January 26, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: never take life for granted feeling Bible study awesome God's greatness adventure wonderment Source Type: blogs

That Avastin DebateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This is now either 'the debate that will not die' or plot number 9,487, 321 to confuse the patients. Two new studies have shown that treatment of Avastin with chemotherapy reduces breast cancer tumors to the point that they are non-existent at surgery. How wonderful, how exciting, how confusing.Avastin is that drug that has been determined by the FDA not to be helpful in treating late stage breast cancer. But two new German studies have shown positive results for early stage breast cancer treatment. However, there are three big ifs here before anyone starts jumping up and down with excitement:1. Avastin has nasty side effe...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 26, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer treatment breast cancer chemotherapy medical research Source Type: blogs

Beside myselfEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’m reworking ‘Thrive: the Bah! guide to wellness after cancer’ at the moment. There are bits to tweak, bits to expand, bits to rethink before I Officially Submit The Manuscript To The Publisher in March. (That sounds proper glamorous, but actually, it’s quite like sending any other email. Except I will do a little dance afterwards, and give myself the rest of the day off.) Before I began, I asked Carolyn, my editor, for thoughts/tips/direction. Working with her on the first Bah! book was a real pleasure – she really gets what my approach is all about, and is very good at seeing what will make things better &...
Source: Bah! to cancer - January 26, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Stephanie Tags: Emotional Well-Being anger coping with cancer Source Type: blogs

1-25-2012 updateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Karen has had two restless nights with confusion and childhood memories flooding her mind……she is still pain free and doing quiet well……she has been calling out to friends and family with confusing references to past experiences…..we continue laugh with her and try to convince her when the stories stray a little from the truth….she is [...] (Source: Carin' For Karen)
Source: Carin' For Karen - January 25, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: karen Tags: Life in general Source Type: blogs

Over a year laterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
, I am amending my blog- NOT because cancer came back because it hasn't. Actually, I am a year older and a year dumber, and I forget how I went about starting a new blog. So I am adding to the new one. It's kind of hard to start it up again, as I think I was funnier before. I think cancer makes you funny. I suppose it is better to be non-cancerous and non-funny, but it makes writing a blog harder. Hopefully, though, it was blog-writing, rather than cancer, that made me funny. Well maybe if you are reding this, and who will, because if you followed my blog a year ago- all 22 of you, plus you know who in Oakland that just re...
Source: Cancer does suck but it is a little funny. - January 25, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: smoke weed before reading Source Type: blogs

Whoa!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Great news today! My M-spike is down to 1.5. I don't think it's been that low since ... well ... EVER. Let's pretend Bon Jovi is under there: (Source: The Adventures of Cancer Girl)
Source: The Adventures of Cancer Girl - January 25, 2012 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

Chamomile inhibits COX-2 and other pesky thingies…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s really true that you learn something new every day. Until now, I thought that a cup of chamomile tea was useful only to help you relax. But it turns out that it might do much more than that. A few days ago I received an alert leading me to a 2009 (!) study on [...] (Source: Margaret's Corner)
Source: Margaret's Corner - January 25, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs

As long as they don't nagEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a new payment system in Massachusetts, doctors will be paid per patient and not per service. The better a patient does the higher the reimbursement for the doctors. Go read this article to explain the whole thing but here's the basics:This new system works like this:"Primary care doctors, specialists and hospitals typically have billed insurance companies and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid for each individual service they provide to patients, including office exams, lab and imaging tests, emergency room visits, and hospital admissions - with few limits on the number of services.Critics say this system...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 25, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: diet doctors nagging appointments medical adventures Source Type: blogs

Bah! revisited: PHTEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
You know I posted last week about the Mysteriously Tender Breasts? Well, not so mysterious, as it happens…. PMT. (I know. D’oh. In fairness to me, this is my second period since March 2009, and I’m not supposed to be having periods anyway, because I am simultaneously having a medical sodding menopause. I know. You couldn’t make it up.) Anyway, I was searching PMT on the blog, and I found this post from September 2009, which reminded me that It Could Be Worse. (I’d completely forgotten about being cold all the time. And the sinus thing.) * Herceptin isn’t cheap, as you probably know ̵...
Source: Bah! to cancer - January 25, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Stephanie Tags: Cancer Treatment Recovery From Breast Cancer bah! revisited herceptin PMT Source Type: blogs

Team LIVESTRONG Profile: Shawna CassickEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In 2008, while vacationing with our family in Bethany Beach, Delaware, my brother, Shane, received ... (Source: LIVESTRONG Blog)
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - January 25, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Guest Source Type: blogs

LIVESTRONG Challenge Davis 2.0Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Northern California is synonymous with many thing – beautiful landscapes, wine country, the Bay area, ... (Source: LIVESTRONG Blog)
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - January 25, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Matt Florio Source Type: blogs

Neighbor Battles Cancer – guest postEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Last summer my neighbor and good friend was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer.  She decided to be treated at the community hospital where I worked for 20 years.  So I knew all of her doctors and many of the nurses and technicians caring for her.  Chris does in home daycare.  So I most often see her in the summer when my granddaughters are spending a lot of time at our house.  We would always walk down when the kids were playing in the driveway.  My girls would bring their bikes or scooters, toys, dolls, and cookies to share.  We would sit in the driveway and watch the kids, exchanging news and neighborhoo...
Source: Being Cancer Network - January 24, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Guest Post * Living with Cancer Breast cancer Chemotherapy Radiation Source Type: blogs

World's Cutest Elderly PersonEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday was the 100th day of school, so the first-graders celebrated with all kinds of 100-themed activities. They had to bring in 100 of some kind of snack (WCK took Goldfish crackers), and stick 100 items to a piece of posterboard. (WCK did stickers). It's hard to believe that I've taken WCK to first grade 100 times now, especially since she still seems genuinely shocked every morning when I say she needs to put on shoes. Anyway, as part of the 100th-day celebration, the kids had to draw pictures of what they imagine they'll look like when they're 100 years old. WCK has wanted to be a paleontologist ever since we took ...
Source: The Adventures of Cancer Girl - January 24, 2012 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

Finding Love after Breast CancerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tuesday, January, 24, 2012Current Mood: LovestruckSo, I'm throwing this question out there to all my cancer survivor friends? After all the cancercrapness that we've gone through do you now look at love and relationships differently.I guess I'm asking this because it seemed so hard in the beginning. I know I had to be happy with myself first and had to learn and accept my scars and new body. And I knew I couldn't share this anyone until I was OK with it myself.Going out on those first few dates was scary! But I also knew what I wanted and what I didn't want. And I knew for sure, that I was not settling! Life is way too sho...
Source: Sharing My Cancer Crapness - January 24, 2012 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs

grief, guilt & redemption…Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Grief is a hard topic to tackle. It takes on many forms, and floods at any given moment. When we first let Emma go, I was numb. I do not remember much of anything from the week that followed her death (and the rest of the month fades in and out). I do remember waking up the next morning in my bed, instead of the hospital bed where I had spent the last 4 months. I remember thinking “she is really gone, that was really it.” I remember going to the funeral home and looking at little heart urns. I remember the uncontrollable crying and the looking for her every day. Every where I looked, I could see her. When I wen...
Source: Especially Heather - January 24, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Especially Heather Tags: Emma Good Times Grief Thankful Working On Me Source Type: blogs

Pink Ribbons IncEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A Canadian movie, Pink Ribbons Inc', was a selection of the 2011 Toronto Film Festival and is opening in Canadian theaters next week. It is a movie I think I would like to see. Here are the trailer and the origins of the film to see.From what I understand of it, the controversy stems from a couple of levels - first of all the pink money making machine that has become breast cancer awareness and the fact that all this pinkification for a cure has not resulted in anything more than some medications and slightly longer life expectancies - not a cure as labeled.These are the problems I have with pinkification in the first plac...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 24, 2012 Category: Cancer Tags: pinkification breast cancer movies cancer cure Source Type: blogs