blogging for boobs
I remember the pamphlet my parents gave me when I was six and my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was illustrated with colorful pictures of happy people and sad people, of healthy people and sick people, of normal cells and cancerous cells. The drawings of the cells were what fascinated me. There were [...]
When I was about 10 years old, my paternal grandmother became very ill. Unsure what was wrong, the doctors performed an exploratory surgery. They discovered cancer. In fact, she was riddled with cancer. The official diagnosis was liver cancer, but they didn’t know where it had originated. She was too [...]
It happened before I was born.
The breast cancer diagnosis, that is. She was in her late 40s, taking a shower and found a lump in her breast. This was a time when breast cancer survival was far lower than it is today. A mastectomy was a radical procedure, but her doctor’s convinced her it [...]
When Rachel said that she was dedicating the month of October to raising awareness for Breast Cancer on her blog, I knew without a doubt I wanted to be involved. Breast cancer touches all of us in some way.
I know a woman who has been in remission for over five years.
I knew a woman who [...]
By my fourth walk through, I felt like I had what I needed. I took my basket to the cashier and began taking out each item, obviously keeping to a central color scheme.
“You’re in a pink mood today,” the cashier said, taking over the task of emptying my basket.
I explained why I had so [...]
