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The New Normal

Thank you to everyone for the outpouring of support over the past week!!! I'm recouping well from my double mastectomies, and I'm thrilled to report that... more

A Blip

During my interview 14 months ago with Let’s Talk Live, I mentioned that cancer would be “a blip” in my life. By “blip,” I meant... more

The light

There’s a light bulb, brightly illuminating the room that represents my life. When my mom died in 1997, that light dimmed. Permanently. Everyone experiences grief and loss... more

Great is all relative

A month from now, I’ll be done with cancer treatment. I’m sure I’ll celebrate with close friends after I recover from the mediport removal, and... more

I smell sex and...cancer?

Every 30 seconds, someone in the United States is diagnosed with cancer. Last year, at age 37, I was one of those people. I needed a lumpectomy... more

My go-to guy

In 2011, Best Boy and I went from seeing each other twice a week to once a week. (I wasn't exactly sure why that was,... more

I'd rather be bald!

When I went to the Infusion Room last month, the nurses all looked at me with surprise and excitement. Nurse: Your hair is growing so fast! Me:... more

Processing

Best Boy reached out to me on the last night of my last round of chemotherapy. My emotions were all over the place, but I... more

Taking inventory

I spent New Year’s Eve at the beach with a few of my closest friends. It wasn't hard for me to keep a smile on... more

Gaining perspective

Although Philly Matt and I talked almost every week, I hadn't seen him since our friend’s wedding over Labor Day. In the fall, Matt learned... more

Run like the wind!

I was beginning to think that I might want to finally pursue a relationship with Best Boy, but I feared that he no longer felt... more

Her reflections

Prior to heading into her last radiation treatment, she went online and logged onto Facebook. She saw a notification that it was Rod’s birthday. Tears... more

Bed rest

I had just started to feel better from the second round of chemotherapy when I needed to return to the doctor's office for my third... more

But, I'm done!

I finished radiation yesterday. I thought that I would be elated, but I’m honestly in too much pain and too exhausted to rejoice right now.... more

The next chapter?

After my second round of chemotherapy, my concerns about whether or not Mr. Agency was going to be there for me were placed on the... more

Time to Talk

Had Mr. Agency lied to me about when he returned from Chicago? He had texted me that he got back to DC on Saturday morning... more

Back In The Saddle

I felt so sick after my first round of chemotherapy that I didn’t have sex for almost a week. When I finally did have sex,... more

Too Much Information

Mr. Agency stepped up and stood by me as I was recouping from having my medical port installed. The night before my first chemotherapy treatment,... more

Feeling Lucky

I had let Best Boy know that we needed to take the “benefits” out of our “friends with benefits” arrangement. It surprised me that he... more

Chemo Room Musings

I spent 26 days in the Chemotherapy Room over a period of three and a half months. In that time, I observed a lot and... more

Graduation Day

She dresses in layers on a bitterly cold morning in January, as she heads for the doctor’s office for her last round of chemotherapy. Her... more

The Bald Truth

She looks in the mirror and doesn’t recognize her own reflection. She’s bald. The bags under her eyes display how little sleep she has gotten... more

Mr. Windy City - Part 6

Bad Things Happen In Threes by Autumn My time in NYC with Mr. Windy City had ended on a perfect, bubbly note. But, as I prepared to... more

In The Third Person

She feels like she's looking through a kaleidoscope, only no turn of the wheel ends up on a pretty picture. No flowers. No butterflies. No... more

Tomorrow

I was up in Friendship Heights last week, when I received the call from my oncologist's office. The physician's assistant tried as kindly as she... more