My War Against Breast Cancer

10/09/2025

Today is my 10 year anniversary of my last chemotherapy.
In the past 10 years :
I got a new job
I saw my sons graduate from high school.
I got a new boyfriend.
I got engaged to said boyfriend.
We got married.
We bought our first house together.
My oldest son got engaged to a wonderful woman.
My youngest son bought his first house in NH.
I got a new job in NH.
We sold our house and moved to NH.
We bought our second house.
We went on a family cruise to Bermuda.
My Mum celebrated her 75th birthday.
My oldest son got married.
We got a dog... Yogi.
And in October I will have been married for 7 years.
It's been an amazing 10 years past breast cancer and I'm looking forward to many more decades ahead.

31/03/2025

This is a very monumental year for me...
And it began with March 30, 2015
I was informed that I had a "mass" and that I needed a biopsy to find out what kind of breast cancer I had.
I called my Mum from the parking lot of the medical center, crying, to tell her I had cancer only 3 years after my father died from pancreatic cancer.
She told me she would be going with me to the biopsy in 4 days.
I had no idea what to tell me 2 teenage sons.

10 years later I am still cancer free and living my best life with my husband, family and friends.

03/03/2025

Today is Triple Negative Breast Cancer Day and I'm at Dana Farber for a check up.

19/12/2024

Once again I'm getting my Girls squished.

08/10/2024

Today marks 9 years of being cancer free.

03/10/2024

New advancements to help identify breast cancer.

Women with dense breast tissue are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, according to an MU Health Care radiologist.

02/10/2024

01/10/2024

Today is October 1.
That means you will begin to see pink everywhere. In the stores, on football fields, in commercials.
I completely support breast cancer awareness and early detection since I am a Survivor. Whenever you put on a pink ribbon this month,
I want you to really think about the person BEHIND the ribbon you are wearing. Behind that ribbon is a person... a strong person, who has been through complete hell and back... a person who has tried to keep everything "normal" around the house when absolutely nothing was normal.
Possibly a woman who fought to still feel like a woman even though her hair was gone, her eyebrows and eyelashes were gone, and her breasts were either amputated or part of one removed.
Behind that ribbon is a woman that has or is fighting for her life...through chemo, radiation and many surgeries, that woman is fighting with all of her might.
Please, when you wear that ribbon this month, remember that behind that ribbon is a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend. You are bringing awareness to a disease that affects so many.

It's more than just a ribbon.

I am behind that ribbon, even after 9 years of being cancer free. 😁

(And please don't forget the men who battle breast cancer as well)

06/02/2024

Today was my 53rd birthday.
I'm thrilled to still being alive after fighting breast cancer 8 years ago.

06/01/2024

On the mend and feeling pretty decent.