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...