Women who have breast cancer and those who are at high risk for the disease sometimes take the anti-estrogen drug tamoxifen. Tamoxifen is a medication that binds to estrogen receptors and blocks the action of estrogen on breast cancer cells. When estrogen is blocked, the breast tumor doesn’t grow as …
Read More »Yearly Archives: 2011
Uproot those thoughts and plant anew!
I’m sitting on my front porch, enjoying the quiet sounds of summer and clicking away on my laptop. In the last few months I lost sight of who and what are important to me and it took a recent very difficult situation to cause me to step back, evaluate, and adjust …
Read More »Justine’s Story (Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer)
My story is not so much different to the millions of other stories out there. I used to think I just ‘got lucky’ in my battle. Until a wonderful friend pointed out the words of a rather larger than life character, Margaret Thatcher. “I wasn’t lucky. I deserved it.” – …
Read More »One Who Should Not…
A soft beanie slips over the small head of one who should not be hairless A needle plunges into the hip bone of one who should not know that kind of pain A single word scares one who should not yet know true fear Thoughts beyond this world float in …
Read More »Hate Needles?
EMLA is something I only heard about fairly recently, but I so wish I knew about it when I was going through chemo and having to have lots of needles. EMLA is a cream that is a local anesthetic that has been successfully used in UK for 25 years. The cream is available in …
Read More »Fibromyalgia and Narcotics
What can I say about narcotics? Doctors hold them close and virtually never let them go due to rampant usage as recreational drugs. They will try ANYTHING first – and as well they should, as it isn’t healthy to be on a narcotic diet for life. Back when I was …
Read More »Member Spotlight: Meet Jillian
I love meeting other childhood and young adult cancer survivors because my fellow cancer survivors really “get” me. They have been through so many of the same things I have been through. They truly understand all the challenges that come with being a long-term cancer survivor. Most of all, their …
Read More »Riley’s Story (Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia)
If I ever had any doubts about whether God truly existed or if he really heard my cries, those were all erased the day Riley was diagnosed. I witnessed the healing hand of God. Next week we celebrate four years of LIFE with Riley that wasn’t promised to us. I’ve …
Read More »Sonya’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Lupus)
Purple Colored Sunglasses I walked with a pretty fast gait. I walked around others who couldn’t catch up to me. Rolled my eyes at those who were too slow. Cringed at the elderly who took too much time getting up the steps to the bus. I cringed at ANYONE who took too …
Read More »Open Heart: Your Life Your Choice by Jan Campbell – Book Review
If you are ready to take responsibility for your circumstances, if you’re tired of being a victim, if you are willing to accept that making different choices is the only way you are going to receive different results, then you need to run, not walk, to the nearest book store …
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