I'm a healthy, vibrant and joyful person who owns a Pilates & Gyrotonic studio near the beach in Santa Cruz CA. Never having been sick in my life, I was shocked to find a lump in my right breast in June 2008 and was diagnosed with Stage 1 Grade 3 Triple Negative Breast Cancer. I had a lumpectomy in June 2008 and the aggressive cancer spread to lymph nodes requiring a second surgery in...
JN. 12, 2005, as I did my breast exam each month…hum, what’s this….right otherside of the right breast, different, no it’s not a lump, must have a mole or something I’ve just not noticed before; look in the mirror, no mole….feel again, well it does feel like a lump, but not to worry, it is nothing…..(I am the QUEEN of da Nile, more over...
I am a 52 year old female with rapidly declining health. I was diagnosed with probable MS twelve years ago and until about three years ago was doing pretty well, employed full-time, remodelling a 100 year old house on the weekends, climbing ladders, gardening, shovelling the driveway etc. I lost my job in 2007 after contracting a MRSA infection. The pain and fatigue I had...
I lost a kidney and have just recently found a path to take because a Doctor took the time to listen and realized I was not a hypochondriac or a big overly sensitive, stressed, depressed woman. (yes, lots of justified sarcasm).
I was athletic, very lean and continued to stay fit by enjoying bike rides and playing recreational co-ed softball. However, when I started a family at 25, I had...
i am an American living in Israel. I teach English and have 3 children and an "Ok" marriage. Nothing to brag about. Last December i found a lump which was cancer. I had 2 lumpectomies and a mastectomy and reconstruction all within 6 weeks. I am taking tamoxifen and have been OK besides finding it very hard to keep weight off.
I teach part time now and spend more time on things i like ....
