I Don't Do Pink Things Except.... (article)

I don't do pink things. I detest things where if you had breast cancer you are supposed to cover yourself in pink, including a few boas,...

Having Fun With Other Friends (article)

Recently I blogged about being aggravated and frustrated when having lunch with a couple of old friends. I was very upset by the end of that...

Aggravated, Frustrated, And More (article)

Yesterday I had lunch with two friends who I have known for a very long time. One since the 1970s and the other since the 1980s. While I hav...

Cancer Spans Everything (article)

Cancer brings us together and rips us apart. Cancer knows no boundaries - it crosses race, age, sex, families, and even politics. Cancer can...

I've Been Away (article)

As us New Englanders say, I have been on the Cape for a few days. What does that mean? I went to Cape Cod. I stayed with a friend and her si...

Hanging Out with My Peeps (article)

If I take a look backward, I realize that I have the best time hanging out with my cancer friends, or 'my peeps'. Sometimes I feel l...

Emotional Stress (article)

About a year ago, I met a young woman who had had cancer since age 18 when she was diagnosed with an inherited pancreatic cancer. She had ne...

Making Breast Cancer Friends (article)

You have breast cancer, I have breast cancer, we are now friends.... For life. That's just the way it works. It also works with people w...

Our Cancer Friends Become Most Important (article)

After years of living in cancerland, I have learned our cancer friends become most important. Before cancer, you meet someone with a cancer ...

Coping (article)

Because I had an awful cold over the holidays , we postponed Christmas. It was yesterday for our family. It meant a ton of cooking, housegue...

Friends (article)

We all have our best friends, our close friends, our coffee pals, our nod across the street friends, and our sort of friends. Then us specia...

Loneliness and Isolation (article)

I find our new house provides lots of loneliness and isolation. I knew it when we moved out here and I stopped working that my life would be...

Peer Support (article)

When first diagnosed with breast cancer, I started going to support groups. And I was very appreciative of what I learned from the other wom...

Expectations vs. Abilities (article)

Sometimes expectations exceed abilities. But the real problem is when other people's expectations of me exceed my abilities. For example...

Today is Better Than Yesterday (article)

By the end of yesterday, I was beyond stressed. Let's see why was I stressed: I have been feeling like crap because of the bump on my he...

I'm Losing My Friends (article)

Right now I have two friends in hospice care. One I have known for only about six months but we have gotten pretty close. She was in my knit...

Sometimes We Just Don't Care Anymore (article)

Yesterday I ran into a friend and we chatted for a while. I have been dealing with my usual ups and downs health wise and some emotional cra...