I read an article today about an elderly man who bought a VHS player on eBay so that he could watch some old VHS tapes he found. This man then wrote a sweet letter to the seller to thank him for letting him relive his wedding and retirement through those tapes, and the letter went... Continue Reading →

I don't often post about my job publicly, but today is a different story. For those of you who don't know, I am a graphic designer at a school and office furniture manufacturer based out of Germany. Our US footprint is fairly small (for now) with showrooms in LA, Chicago, NYC and Charlotte, but in... Continue Reading →

As most of you already know, on December 10 I had my DIEP (deep inferior epigastric perforator) flap reconstructive surgery. So, I thought I'd write a little bit about the surgery and recovery so far for those who may be interested. This procedure involves taking fat, skin and blood vessels from the lower belly and... Continue Reading →

On my way into work this morning, I found myself reflecting on this year. With all of the massive highs and incredibly low lows that came along with my diagnosis, it immediately occurred to me that, even if someone were to offer me an exorbitant amount of money, I would never want to re-live this... Continue Reading →

Life is full of disappointments. Some big, some small. I’ve had my fair share of them in the past but I could argue that I’ve never had so many consecutive disappointments as I have this year. Being diagnosed with cancer brought on more than I ever could have imagined (many of which are documented in... Continue Reading →

Well, it’s October, which means it’s breast cancer awareness month. Which also means I sort of feel obligated to write something, anything to acknowledge it. But the truth is breast cancer awareness month no longer means the same thing to me as it did before my diagnosis. From now on, breast cancer awareness will be... Continue Reading →

Warning: Inappropriate post ahead! Y'all. This post is going to be pretty X-Rated, but I'm going to post it anyway. I've done some searching online, and I'm only getting a little bit of info, so if this helps someone else going through this along side me, great. If not, maybe it'll make for a good... Continue Reading →

I wrote a sentence in my last post about being on the other side of cancer and it very much inspired this post. So, this time I want to write about what life is like now, months after the diagnosis and [the first] surgery. Not just my complaining about bills and playing phone tag with... Continue Reading →

It’s been a little bit since my last update, but that’s because I’ve been trying to iron a few things out. As soon as I feel like I get caught up with everything, something else happens that needs my attention it seems. But I do have some news. On November 29th, I’ll be getting my... Continue Reading →