I Don't Do Pink Things Except.... - BlogNews-24

I don't do pink things. I detest things where if you had breast cancer you are supposed to cover yourself in pink, including a few boas,...

Having Fun With Other Friends - BlogNews-24

Recently I blogged about being aggravated and frustrated when having lunch with a couple of old friends. I was very upset by the end of that...

Aggravated, Frustrated, And More - BlogNews-24

Yesterday I had lunch with two friends who I have known for a very long time. One since the 1970s and the other since the 1980s. While I hav...

Cancer Spans Everything - BlogNews-24

Cancer brings us together and rips us apart. Cancer knows no boundaries - it crosses race, age, sex, families, and even politics. Cancer can...

I've Been Away - BlogNews-24

As us New Englanders say, I have been on the Cape for a few days. What does that mean? I went to Cape Cod. I stayed with a friend and her si...

Hanging Out with My Peeps - BlogNews-24

If I take a look backward, I realize that I have the best time hanging out with my cancer friends, or 'my peeps'. Sometimes I feel l...

Emotional Stress - BlogNews-24

About a year ago, I met a young woman who had had cancer since age 18 when she was diagnosed with an inherited pancreatic cancer. She had ne...

Making Breast Cancer Friends - BlogNews-24

You have breast cancer, I have breast cancer, we are now friends.... For life. That's just the way it works. It also works with people w...

Our Cancer Friends Become Most Important - BlogNews-24

After years of living in cancerland, I have learned our cancer friends become most important. Before cancer, you meet someone with a cancer ...

Coping - BlogNews-24

Because I had an awful cold over the holidays , we postponed Christmas. It was yesterday for our family. It meant a ton of cooking, housegue...

Friends - BlogNews-24

We all have our best friends, our close friends, our coffee pals, our nod across the street friends, and our sort of friends. Then us specia...

Loneliness and Isolation - BlogNews-24

I find our new house provides lots of loneliness and isolation. I knew it when we moved out here and I stopped working that my life would be...

Peer Support - BlogNews-24

When first diagnosed with breast cancer, I started going to support groups. And I was very appreciative of what I learned from the other wom...

Expectations vs. Abilities - BlogNews-24

Sometimes expectations exceed abilities. But the real problem is when other people's expectations of me exceed my abilities. For example...

Today is Better Than Yesterday - BlogNews-24

By the end of yesterday, I was beyond stressed. Let's see why was I stressed: I have been feeling like crap because of the bump on my he...

I'm Losing My Friends - BlogNews-24

Right now I have two friends in hospice care. One I have known for only about six months but we have gotten pretty close. She was in my knit...

Sometimes We Just Don't Care Anymore - BlogNews-24

Yesterday I ran into a friend and we chatted for a while. I have been dealing with my usual ups and downs health wise and some emotional cra...