breast cancer

Anna Quindlen and Me

05.23.2012

She wasn’t the prettiest, the thinnest, the most popular girl but she was really smart and seriously focused and as ambitious as any of the guys. These were the heady days of feminism after all. Anna was a sister.

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Never Mind Pink. I’m Wearing Red for American Heart Month

02.13.2012

Take the Million Hearts pledge, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control. Go to (http://millionhearts.hhs.gov) to sign on and tell them MidLifeBloggers sent you.

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Personal Growth Through Tragedy

03.24.2011

Don’t tell Marge she’s inspiring, though. It annoys her. “I’m sick and tired of being the poster child for living successfully with cancer.”

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No Princess Fights Alone

01.31.2011

Anyone who still thinks that the internet is disruptive to personal relationships should know that the antithesis is true. We are one great big support system for our fellow bloggers in need.

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Telling The Other Woman

12.13.2010

I find you despicable, Lisa Jo Druck.

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May 30: An Ode to My Dead on Decoration Day

05.30.2010

You should know from the outset that my tongue is planted firmly in my cheek.  This post will not mention the decorated dead of America’s many wars.  Not that they don’t deserve it, but, hey, this is an ode to my personal dead.

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Breast Cancer Bonanza: Stop the Greed

11.09.2009

Stop the greed. Please take a minute to tell Eli Lilly to “stop milking cancer” .

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MidLife and Mammograms

04.17.2009

About two months ago, while showering I found a lump on my left breast. I ran my fingers across it as I was taught to do. Yes, it is there, it’s not my imagination.

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Color this post Pink: A Midlife Cancer Survivor Remembers Her First Day Back at Work

10.17.2008

It’s Just Another Hill, Baby by  Pseudonymous Teacher  of Phhhst In October of 2006 I returned to the classroom following a six month leave for breast cancer treatments.  My first day back to work presented many obstacles.  One, I wasn’t ready to go back.  Two, I needed to decide what type of fashion statement I [...]

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Sometimes There Are Worse Things Than Nipplage

09.07.2008

by  Pseudonymous Teacher  of Phhhst I’ve got some battle scars. My right breast has a one inch mark from a lumpectomy that was benign. There’s a leftover trench, a hidden valley of sorts from that surgery. My left breast has a larger disfigurement from the removal of a malignant lump; the lymph nodes were taken [...]

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