Parenting Thanks

A quick thank you to everyone who chimed in with their 2 cents.  I found all your responses so helpful and comforting. Miss M is still flipping out and she’s still upset more hours in the day than not.  But I am feeling bolstered by the new ideas and avenues you all suggested for us…

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How Do You Parent Through Cancer?

Miss M is a hot mess these days.  She is angry.  She is acting out.  She is fussier than I’ve ever seen her.  She is yelling & screaming.  She is throwing things.  She is glued to my side.  She is constantly crying.  She is going through a lot. Hubby and I naturally assume the acting…

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Heading Home

So it looks like we’ll be heading home to Ohio tomorrow.  The news is both good (in that I get to be back in my own space again & reunited with Miss M) and bad (in that I have to leave my beloved NYC). As I type this, Hubby and Miss M are driving down…

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A Surgical Success Story

We did it!  With the love and support of my husband, friends, family, and blog readers (not to mention my skillful surgeons) I made it through surgery successfully!  Yay!  (knock on wood 🙂 ) The day of the surgery itself is a total blur to me.  I remember the prep.  I remember the chats with…

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Surgery Time

Tomorrow is my big surgery day. The reality of this has been slowly sinking in since we left Ohio on Sunday. I’ve got nervous energy coursing through my veins… random twinges of discomfort in my breast… and this aching pain in the pit of my loins – like my lady parts know they’re about to…

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The News Is In

And the news is both good and bad. First, the good news…   My bone scan was clean and the PET scan showed no evidence of cancer in the bones, lymph nodes, organs, lungs, brain, or anywhere else in my body.  All the cancer is still contained in my left breast.  So it looks like we’re…

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The Waiting Game

Tomorrow I find out the results of my most recent set of scans.  The results determine a whole host of things – most importantly whether or not surgery is still an option.  As long as the cancer has not grown or spread since my last scan in April I’m good to go for the mastectomy.…

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