Having Cancer Does Not Feel Good

A few days ago the NY Times ran an article in their magazine entitled “Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer” by Peggy Orenstein. Everywhere I looked people were re-posting it, adding links to facebook, emailing it to me.  Yesterday, I finally got the chance to read it. Orenstein takes on a few important topics…  …

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Family Love

The da Silvas have finally returned “home” to Ohio.  As always, it is bittersweet. Miss M is overjoyed to be back with all her stuffed animal friends…  Hubby is thrilled to be sleeping on his comfy king size bed again…  I’m happy to be back in my kitchen & reunited with my juicer.  But it’s…

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Surgery Update

I survived yet another surgery. Hopefully it’ll be my last. By all accounts the surgery went well. I went in to the OR around 10am on Wednesday and woke up again around 3pm (although the surgery itself only took a few hours). Upon waking I wasn’t puking all over myself like last time (thank god!)…

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Making Peace With My New Normal

My heart is fluttering. My heart is aching. I am sitting on the Amtrak train heading to NY… Heading towards my next surgery (hubby and I check in at 8:30am tomorrow morning)… And heading away from my family, friends, and my darling Miss M. Sigh… I miss her already. Miss M and I had a…

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Making Peace With the Unknown

“When you are in tune with the unknown, the known is peaceful.”  – quote from my Yogi chai tea this morning This has been one of the bigger lessons on my cancer journey – Accepting the unknown and releasing the urge to control.  In doing so, I have come to a greater sense of peace.…

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