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.















Saturday, March 1, 2014

FREE Breast Cancer Talks in NYC; Food Delivery in TX; Paxil & Breast Cancer Risk


RESOURCES: This new resource has been added to the right frame

 The Hippo Kitchen - Food Delivery to Cancer Patients in Texas
I learned about this food delivery service from the article "Catering to Cancer Patients" by Leesha Lentz, in the December 2013 issue of Today's Dietitian. According to the service's website: "The Hippo Kitchen, located in Houston, TX sells, produces and delivers nutritionally supportive meals to people preparing for cancer treatment, undergoing cancer treatment and to those who have completed their treatment. We specialize in meals comprised of ingredients that have been proven to combat cancer and the many effects of treatment."


FREE: Two Upcoming Talks in NYC from Memorial Sloan Kettering



 Breast Cancer: Where We Are Today, Where We're Headed
Thursday, March 20, 2014
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

 Getting Your Groove Back: Sex, Reproduction, and Body Image During and After Cancer
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

 Both talks take place at:
Rockefeller Research Laboratories
430 E 67th Street
(Between First and York Avenues)
ARTICLE: New test suggests antidepressant Paxil may promote breast cancer
It will be interesting to see what research comes out of this.
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