By: Steve Del Gardo Dating after cancer? As one man to another, one breast cancer survivor to another, let me tell you: It’s been awful. After my cancer journey was over, I waited three years to get back in the game, because I was taking Tamoxifen and it had several side effects that wouldn’t work well with dating. You know, attractive things like … hot flashes, rage, hormonal issues, weight gain. None of those are good on a date. A woman would think I was insane, an idiot, or an insane idiot. Not good! In September of 2016, I decided to get off Tamoxifen, so I could finally reclaim…
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- BODY POSITIVE, BREAST CANCER, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, Children with a Chronically Ill Parent, Family, LIFE AFTER BREAST CANCER, RECLAIMING MY BODY
Through Her Daughter’s Eyes…
By: Kinsey I don’t remember the first time my mom had a lumpectomy, because I was only 6 weeks old. It’s so hard to wrap my head around that because she was only 5 years older than I am right now. She was only 20 years old and had a brand new baby. Can anyone really wrap their head around that? My mom has been through so much throughout her adult life. The first time I was old enough to actually understand that my mom was having a recurrence and would need to have a bilateral mastectomy, I was 7 years old, and in the 2nd grade. I was too…
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Ugliness of the Pink Ribbon
By Lora Harvey As all the air left my lungs, time stood still on June 15, 2017. And I seemingly forgot how to breathe. Only when my respiratory system took over again did I inhale.In that split second, my life began dismantling. Microscopic cracks at first, but those compound and quickly become unnegotiable divides. I was never the girl that was gonna get breast cancer. I was already diabetic; another ailment would be a cruel joke. But here I am. According to some test taken at some point along the way, I had an 11% risk of developing breast cancer over the course of my lifetime. LIFETIME. Neither BRCA1 nor…
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THE GRACE PROJECT AND HEALING MY SOUL
By: Mia Curtiss A few years back I was asked to participate in “The Grace Project” in Chicago. After a comedy of errors it never happened. God knew far better than me I was by no means ready to pose topless without my breasts. Fast forward two years later the opportunity presents itself again and although I’m extremely uncomfortable with how I look I knew I had to show up and own all of the healing “The Grace Project” would give my soul. Of course I thought of 922 excuses to not visit with Sondra and do the project but in the end I got on the plane and…
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It Changed Me
I never thought I’d be that girl that would pose topless for photos…..
