How cancer Changed The Way I Use My Time
The saying about time being a precious gift has been on my mind since I recently visited with my 101- year-old grandmother. She saw me texting and wondered aloud if that was something she could do. The...
View ArticleChoosing How To Share Your cancer Journey
When you’re diagnosed with cancer, there is no right or wrong way to handle your diagnosis. Just because I acted one way doesn’t mean that’s the right way or the way anyone else should do it. Once we...
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Another Recurrence
My cervix cancer has recurred…again. I can tell you that I am shocked but not surprised. I would imagine most cancer survivors live their lives thinking that they may or will have a recurrence but...
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Ready To Start Radiation
In an effort to be treated closer to home than Houston I went to Shands at the University of Florida (Gainesville) today to meet with a Radiation Oncologist (Dr. Yeung) and develop a plan for...
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The Dramatic Reaction To Chemo
Wednesday I had my third round of chemotherapy with the goal of the chemotherapy to radio sensitize (?) the cancer to the radiation I am receiving. The chemo apparently enhances the radiation to kill...
View ArticleMy cancer Was A Battle
A few years ago, I met some women who expressed that they don’t like to say that they’re “battling” cancer because they want their journeys to be peaceful ones. When I met them, “peaceful” didn’t seem...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Gone Through: Why I Support The HPV Vaccine
The HPV vaccine prevents several cancers, and it could have prevented mine. When I speak out in support of the HPV vaccine as a recurrent cervical cancer survivor, I find myself saying, “So others...
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Telling Your Family and Friends You Have cancer
Telling my family and friends has been one of the hardest things I have had to do, in some cases worse than grueling cancer treatments. The first time I was diagnosed with cancer I didn’t realize the...
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Living in Fear of Recurrence
It’s not uncommon for cancer survivors to be live in fear of a recurrence when they finish treatment. Having a recurrence is the day that cancer survivors dread and, in some ways, anticipate. Living...
View ArticleUnexpected Recurrence
But aren’t they all? This one really came out of the blue for me. I think it’s likely because it wasn’t discovered on my regular CT scan, and it wasn’t in a location that has ever been active...
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