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UPDATE: I had what felt like the stomach flu for the rest of the day. It started right after I posted this. I think I jinxed myself...do...

In breaking news: I'm not nauseous! For these next 12 treatments I'll be receiving Taxol every week. Among the biggest side eff...

Today I had a port installed for my next round of treatments. I have 2 freshly minted scars: one on my neck and one on my chest. The one on ...

This last treatment marked the half-way point for me, and it was time for a scan. A little how-we-doin check-in ultrasound. The tech who d...

...drum roll please.... My constantly running nose. Bryan said my nose is making up for all the work my feet aren't doing as of ...

Finally, the results from the PET scan are back. Good news people: the cancer is isolated to my right breast and right lymph nodes; and ha...

Every single person reading this and every single person they know and love this has suffered greatly from this epidemic. It can strike y...

Spoiler alert – the following post contains mention of vomiting, hair loss and loss of taste and not in the context of the morning after a ...

The results are in: the genetic test is negative for cancer. My genes are clean. Because of this, the chance of recurrence is much lower...

The MRI and mammogram results are in: the scans are clean. Yea, you read that correctly, no tumor in sight. I don't know about you b...

I saw my surgeon today. What she told me was, I can survive this. That was nice to hear but then she got down to business: We are in the inf...

I just  spoke with my OB who gave me some additional information about my biopsy.  I have positive receptors for both estrogen (72%) an...

My tumor is 1.5 centimeters. It’s small enough to be considered small, big enough though to warrant lots of concern, worry, fits of crying f...

Today I was informed that I have Invasive Ductal Carcinoma  grade 2. If you want to keep up with what's happening, bookmark this blog. ...