How I came to this blog

For as long as I can remember I had been so excited about my 30th birthday. It was going to be a big year for me, I could feel it. I had no idea a breast cancer diagnosis would turn out to be the reason. I was actually told I had "early breast cancer" at 29, about three weeks before my 30th birthday. What I had is called Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS), which is also considered "stage 0 breast cancer." While it was caught at the earliest possible stage, and my life was never in immediate danger, I still had to undergo mastectomy, including lymph node removal, and reconstruction. My birthday came and went a couple weeks before my mastectomy. More than once I looked down at the "F 30" on my hospital bracelet and wondered, "where did my 30th birthday go?" This will definitely be an interesting year.















Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Career Kick-Off & New Cancer Resources

Family, friends (& friends of friends)...

 The last time I posted it was Spring and I was 3/4 of the way through my Dietetic Internship at NewYork-Presbyterian hospital. Now, it is Autumn, we are approaching Halloween, I have graduated from the internship almost two months ago and am preparing to sit for the exam that is the final hurdle before becoming a Registered Dietitian. So, it looks like it has been awhile - - so long that I managed to skip over an entire season.

 I'm back now because I have some new resources I am adding to the site and I also want to share the latest updates. Since graduation I have been catching up on all the things that I neglected during the internship. Unfortunately, that included a couple doctor appointments I was slightly overdue for. I recently went in for a clinical exam and a breast ultrasound. I am happy to say that everything looks good.

 While I was at the clinical exam I was killing time by reading magazines and came across a new resource to add to this site. 
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