Every week I put my schedule on a board in the kitchen so my husband knows what my week looks like. As an entrepreneur no two weeks, or even days for that matter, look the same. When I got to Thursday of that week my hand began to shake. I held the pen poised to […]
I paused on the step and looked up at the building, so much had changed since I walked up these stairs many months ago. My husband caught up with me and asked if I was alright, I assured him I was. He gently touched his hand to the small of my back and lovingly guided […]
I woke up at 3am screaming in pain. My left shoulder was in agony. The pain radiated front to back and into my breast. Of course it was the breast cancer side. My mind raced at possibilities I didn’t want to think about. I was struggling to breathe, and my ear felt like it was […]
It was just a shoe. But it made me cry. No it wasn’t an ugly shoe, and it fits just fine. It was what the shoe represented. You see I had been struggling for several days with my feet hurting. It was a burning, tingling sensation that I couldn’t get away from. Sitting down and […]
Next week I have my first big follow up after finishing cancer treatment. There are three scans then the oncologist visit for the results. I’m feeling a little nervous. What I’m not feeling is unprepared. Navigating a doctor visit is all about being prepared. After surviving cancer twice, I’ve learned how to get the most […]
I have a friend that calls me a paper snob. It is true. I buy a high-quality paper for my copier and several times I have had someone think they are getting two pieces of paper because of the thickness. The piece of paper I had in my hands today was not that quality. In […]
October is breast cancer awareness month. On the first of October I awoke to social media feeds full of inspirational stuff about breast cancer awareness. And it pissed me off. Not because October has been breast cancer awareness month since 1985 and still one in eight women will get breast cancer. Not because every minute, […]
It was two days after my breast cancer surgery, and I was waiting for the surgeon to call me with the pathology results. She had hoped to get them by Friday, if not I would have to wait until Monday. I did not want to wait. The phone did finally ring on Friday and the […]
Going alone was an attempt to take back my power. To prove to myself there was no reason to be afraid. It was a late afternoon appointment, so I planned to stop at the grocery store afterwards. I was running early so I swung by the gas station to fill up my car. I would […]
February is National Cancer Prevention Month. About one of every three Americans will develop some form of cancer during his or her lifetime. The only real way to substantially reduce occurrence and mortality for any disease is through prevention. We’ve come a long way in cancer treatment but advances in treatment can only do so […]
The first time I blogged about CBD in Healthy not High, it was to share my personal story of how CBD helped with my post-surgeries nerve pain. The CBD landscape has changed dramatically in the last three years. It seems you can’t throw a rock today without hitting a place that sells CBD made from […]
Another friend called me the other day; she had just left the doctor’s office after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis. The fear in her voice was evident as she struggled to ask me questions through her tears. She has been my friend for many years, long before I got my own diagnosis and had followed […]