I’ve received some criticism of my post about Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement that she is a BRCA1 carrier and has undergone a preventative mastectomy. While I stand by my argument that she could have done more to promote the resources that are available to BRCA carriers, I do acknowledge that I was quick to critique. […]
I’m very proud of our cousin Susie who is having her prophylactic mastectomy on Monday, along with DIEP tissue transfer. Yesterday she was interviewed for the Boston Globe in relation to the recent news about Angelina Jolie. I’m most happy that she mentioned FORCE and the amazing network that has helped her make this decision. […]
It’s a bit after 7:30am est, so by now many people have seen Angelina Jolie’s piece in the New York Times relaying her story of her preventative mastectomy. In the hours since it’s been posted, there are already 125 comments supporting Jolie’s bravery in making the decision to prophylactically remover her breasts, as well […]
Well, I posted a week or so ago about my chest muscle injury. It actually felt fine only about two days after I wrote about it. So I continued to push and push (including an hour or so of raking crap off of our side lawn with a snow shovel, as well as installing two […]
If you read my entry on whole belly, then you know that I really need to do something about how strange my new torso looks. Weight loss is really the only option, unless I want to do some elective surgery and get my remaining stomach fat suctioned out. I’m not really up for that, so […]
Yesterday I went to the eye doctor. For a few years now, I have been noticing white spots on the edges of my cornea. I know I have them even before looking in the mirror because I can feel that my eye is extremely dry and feels like there’s something in there, like an eyelash. […]
I’ve hurt myself. It’s completely my fault. This morning I woke up with some soreness in the upper right quadrant of my body – I really couldn’t tell if it was my neck, shoulder, or chest. I’ve tried to just ignore it, hoping it would go away, but mostly I’m in denial. Since my blog […]
