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Beth Morton

Recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer and off work while I go through treatment (surgery, chemo,... Full Bio
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I walked 20km! by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I've never felt short in a picture before (I'm 5'8"!!) What a great day for the walk. 700 people raised over $1 million for cancer research! I walked with Brenda ... Read on »
I'm Taking the Challenge!! by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer It's been 2 years since this mess started - finding out I had breast cancer - surgery, chemo, radiation. Now I'm back at work, life is busy, things are good. I'm not ... Read on »
A pic from the CBCN conference by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Beth, Jill and Diane at the Body, Mind, Spirit conference (Arabian night) Read on »
Pink Wig dance by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Check out Julie's video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP29sx87LMM Her blog is: http://julieolsensjourney.blogspot.com Read on »
Body Mind Spirit - National Conference for Young Women Living with Breast Cancer by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I attended the Body Mind Spirit conference in Toronto this past weekend. What an amazing experience. I don't know what the best part was - being with so many women ... Read on »
Pink Boy by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer My husband and son (Zach) visited the Pink Ribbon Riders booth at Hay Days last weekend. Zach tried on a shirt to buy for me. They thought he was so cute they took this p ... Read on »
First chemo was a year ago by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Just thinking about it still gives me the heebie jeebies, which is actually defined as 'a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, depression or illness'... pretty much describes ... Read on »
Bone health after breast cancer by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I attended a session on Bone Health - informative for all women. It was done by a physiotherapist, a nutritionist and a pharmacist. It was on how to decrease your chances ... Read on »
7+ Months post-chemo by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I had my 6 month follow-up today and all is good. My bloodwork is 100% back to normal (finally!!) My oncologist will continue to monitor me, he'll see me in 6 months and ... Read on »
3rd week back at work... by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I worked 30 hours this week (6 hour days). Next week will be 7 hour days. I like being at work, I enjoy my job and I work with great people. My plan is to focus on keeping ... Read on »
2nd Week Back at Work by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer It was a good week, I worked 25 hours over 5 days. I am enjoying being back in the middle of things, it makes me feel much more normal. I am still walking most days, an ... Read on »
Goodbye Renee by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Rest in Peace, Renee obit Read on »
Working and Sleeping by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I'm enjoying being back at work. I feel like I'm playing dress-up everyday (business casual office). And all these friendly people around (I'm so used to being alone on my ... Read on »
Back to Work by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I started back to work this week. I'm happy to be back. Tired in the evenings, but hopefully that will get better quickly. My son left me a note yesterday saying 'yo ... Read on »
Mammogram (already!) by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I went for my mammogram today. Hard to believe it's been a whole year since this mess started. I'm feeling confident I am fine, but it will be good to hear the results ... Read on »
Some of my new friends by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Here's a pic of some of my new friends. Six of us met in the summer as part of a 6-week support program, and have continued to meet weekly (usually 4 or 5 can make it ... Read on »
First Haircut! 6 months post-chemo by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Okay, there wasn't much to cut, but it's much neater now! And while you might think all of your hair grows in at the same time after chemo, it doesn't. It was getting l ... Read on »
1 week until I start work... by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer A funny thing happened last week. I was feeling pretty good, I stopped to get groceries on my way out, chatted with the cashier, helped bag the groceries into my reusab ... Read on »
Countdown to going back to work (< 4 weeks) by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer A busy week... I met some friends for lunch. We're wearing our beaded bracelets made to support our friend's mom when she was diagnosed with breast cancer (and now it sho ... Read on »
5 months post-chemo by Beth Morton Health Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer And almost 3 months post radiation (followup with radiation oncologist tomorrow). I'm definitely feeling stronger and thinking more clearly. My new exercises from the p ... Read on »