A Song Not Scored For Breathing

My BRCA 1 and 2 test came back negative. This news felt like getting the last piece of information in a very long journey. It's such a ...

"You're too strong to let cancer beat you." Oh, God love him. Words from a young man this past weekend who I hadn't see...

Every February I get a letter from the breast cancer prevention program reminding me to call and book my yearly screening mammogram. With a...

" The stories we tell ourselves affect how we live our lives ." That's the oncologist words above, challenging me to examin...

Was declared cancer free yesterday. Huge, huge, relief. Feel like I can now move forward. Thank you for all your prayers and support especi...

"I don't want to walk timidly through life."  I say this to Fr. Charlie, my spiritual director. It is a relief to unload all ...

** " I'm getting less moody, aren't I ?" He pauses and then says, " A little. "  I start to tell him just how w...

It was -45C with the wind chill factored in this morning. The windows are frosted up nearly to the top but the sun is shining through them....

I've spent the past week trying to point in the direction of getting back to normal, whatever 'normal' is. One thing I'v...

Tumour test results came back today and I don't need chemo. I am so, so relieved. There is only a PET scan ahead of me before the end o...

That about sums up my day yesterday. I went to my home group meeting for the first time in six weeks. Drain tube free. Pain free. Good...

** As a child I made it through each day by looking ahead to something else. It was like living in perpetual limbo. That's what I feel ...

** realized yesterday that the number of people one can truly take into their confidence about how things are and not get shit on is small....

** drain tube #2 came out Boxing Day. So far so good. When Dearest One was helping get the tensor bandage back on again this morning I lame...

This week we travelled for a second opinion about my treatment options. It was surreal to be in a hospital solely devoted to cancer care....

My temporary breast prosthesis is shaped like a little cotton filled football. I tried it out yesterday and well, between it and the increa...

Dearest One and I are silent as we glance at the arrow on the "Cancer Clinic ahead" sign. We drive past it like it's a gateke...

"I'm scared you're going to die." She hugs me tight, her words filtering down through her fingertips onto my back, desp...

"I know, I've touched your incision." His answer surprises me. I have absolutely no feeling for several inches on either si...

It doesn't take much to make me dissolve in tears and this certainly did it today: (Thanks  Rebekah Grace !) Story of The Sweater ...