February 2, 2010 The Washington Post
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
You'll be working to reverse your sins of appetite. Commend yourself for this noble effort. As your signmate Cher said, "Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body."
First of all, I did not make that up - just happened upon it in the Style section. And, second, who knew that Cher was my signmate?
My War Against Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Welcome
On September 28, 2009 I was diagnosed with stage 3 Triple Negative breast cancer. They found a 9 cm tumor and another smaller one while I was nursing my son. I started 17 rounds of chemo: ACT plus carboplatin. Had a double mastectomy on April 6, 2010 followed by 6.5 weeks of radiation. At the time of my surgery I had had a complete pathologic response to the chemo - no evidence of disease. Here's what I learned along the way:
If you would like to learn more about "Triple Negative" breast cancer, please click onto http://www.tnbcfoundation.org/.
If you would like to learn more about "Triple Negative" breast cancer, please click onto http://www.tnbcfoundation.org/.
Another fabulous site run by my friend Gina Maisano: http://www.nosurrenderbreastcancerhelp.org/index.html
If you want to donate to help find a cure, please donate to Susan G. Komen for a Cure.
Sign up for a "Look Good, Feel Better" class, if you've just been diagnosed. http://www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org/
Order Rebecca Katz's "The Cancer Fighting Kitchen" and "One Bite at a Time," my go-to cancer cookbooks for chemo patients and beyond.
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- Symmetry
- Round 15 going into Round 16 "Stockholm Syndrome"
- Recipe of the Day
- "Luke, take out the trash"
- My Horoscope today
- A local call...
- Not for the faint of heart (unless you are Lou Reed)
- E.D. Hill 2 weeks after mastectomy on The View
- How to keep your hair (and head) through chemo...
- More hope
- Take two aspirin and call me in the morning...
- What Happened to Miley's Nose?
- Round 14 "Waiting for the Man"
- My Horoscope today
- In case you missed it...
- Round 13
- Me and Al Roker
- My favorite medicine
- Recipe of the Day
- Another Saturday Night
- Triple Threat
- Snowmageddon
- The Storm
- Round 12 "Oh very young what did you leave us this...
- Wig Shopping at Esther's with Rhonda
- My Horoscope today
- To Chia or not to Chia....
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