“I think my strength comes from other women…None of us could last by ourselves.” Gloria Steinem A number of posts recently written by other bloggers have been swimming around in my head. They all deal with support, community and friendship–issues that have been very close to me for years, but especially since moving to New […]

After more than a week of night sweat induced insomnia leading to a fog of fatigue, a friend at work inquired as to whether I’m getting enough exercise. I was a little defensive when I replied that “Of course I am! I’m walking the dogs in the morning.” Which meant that I went home with […]

For over a year, my oncologist has mentioned that she wants my body to go into menopause. With my ER+ breast cancer–where my type of cancer thrives on estrogen–estrogen is my nemesis.  I’ve been taking Tamoxifen, which interferes with my body’s production of estrogen, but it hasn’t put me into full blown menopause. I’ve had […]

This current feeling of life is ‘good’ seems a bit strange. My feet are up while watching the season finale of “Necessary Roughness” (a little eye candy is fun) after an odd little two months, a prickly six months, an intense year. My complicated cyst found on December 19 is benign. My ovarian cyst found […]

So, Word Press stats are rather interesting.  Yesterday, someone found my blog by searching ‘mardi gras 2013 boobs pics’ which linked the person to a prior Mardi Gras post of mine. Bet this person was in for a rather rude awakening to find a blog about a woman’s experience with breast cancer–who also lives in […]

Didn’t have a chance to write this post last week, but wanted to document the positives of being in New Orleans for this year’s Super Bowl. Super Bowl Sunday was a beautiful, warm, sunny day (which was definitely highlighted on tv!) and Terry and I biked down to the River–with me clicking photos most of […]

Friday, February 8- Had my second biopsy in two weeks today, the third, well actually the fourth, biopsy in fourteen months. The first biopsy was actually an attempt. That one was going to be an ultrasound guided biopsy in the surgeon’s office, but after getting me all prepped and laying there on the table, ready […]

Usually Mardi Gras consists of the weekend of Krewe du Vieux/Krewe Delusion and then two larger, consecutive weekends of Mardi Gras festivities ultimately leading up to Fat Tuesday/Ash Wednesday.  Visitors usually come into town the last weekend which leads up to Mardi Gras day itself; however, there is usually plenty going on the weekend before. […]

It’s here! The 2013 Mardi Gras/Super Bowl/Mardi Gras spectacular in New Orleans has arrived!!! I never visited New Orleans before moving here in 2009 and my only prior involvement with anything like Mardi Gras was a couple of Fat Tuesday dinners at New Orleans’ themed restaurants in Chicago and experiencing Antigua’s Carnival (which celebrates Emancipation). […]