by Kathy on March 25, 2026 · 2 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, Background, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Hope, Medical Stuff, OB/GYN, Odds, Pain, The Future, The Past, Ultrasounds, Waiting
“You okay, within reason?” the mammogram tech asked me, almost rhetorically, each time before tightening the compressor even more on my right breast and telling me to hold my breath. She was apparently really focusing on an area they were concerned about. I was okay (enough) and it still hurt a lot. Today I had […]
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by Kathy on September 1, 2020 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Expectations, Gratitude, Hope, Life, Odds, Optimism, Resolution, Waiting
The tech who did the targeted ultrasound on my left breast today said as I was leaving that I got the “best possible outcome,” a benign finding, and I concur! As I shared in my post last night, my focus was elsewhere yesterday, when I got an email with the results of my routine/annual mammogram […]
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by Kathy on August 31, 2020 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, Background, Blogging, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Cysts, Gratitude, Hope, Life, Memories, The Past, Waiting, Writing
I don’t have to tell you how insane 2020 has been and that the hits seem to keep on coming. We are all doing our best to cope with the pandemic and everything else in ways that work for us. Some people, like me, tend to be fairly open about what we are going through, […]
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by Kathy on December 31, 2019 · 2 comments
in Abby, Accountability, Bereavement, Birthdays, Blogging, Bob, Books, breast care, Change, Chicago, Communication, Coping, Courage, Decisions, Expectations, Family, Food, Friends, Game Changers, Grief, Happiness, Holidays, Hope, Life, Loss, Love, Luck, Memories, Mental Health, Mistakes, Molly, Movies, Music, Parenting, Planning, Priorities, Reality, Relationships, Resolutions, Sadness, Sean, Social Media, The Future, The Past, Theater, Therapy, Time, Transitions, Travel, TV Shows, Vacations, Writing
8 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers and readers to reflect on our lives in 2011. I did so again the following year, with my Rewind 2012. Ever since I did this writing exercise those two […]
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by Kathy on August 20, 2019 · 0 comments
in breast care, Cancer, Communication, Cysts, Family, Happiness, Journey, Life, Time, Travel
On Friday afternoon I got a call from the breast center with fabulous news! The results came back earlier than expected. The mass in my breast is a fibroadenoma. It is completely benign and doesn’t need to be removed. Wahoo!!! Yippee!!! Yay!!! They do want me to return for a follow up ultrasound and mammogram […]
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by Kathy on August 14, 2019 · 0 comments
in Anticipation, Anxiety, breast care, Cancer, Coping, Courage, Cysts, Expectations, Healing, Hope, Life, Memories, Odds, Optimism, Pain, Planning, Time, Vacations
I came across this edited version of a page from a children’s story yesterday (via Parenting Works). I love the idea that we can allow ourselves to feel more than one emotion at the same time. It’s okay to cry. We can feel sad and brave. Those two emotions (as well as any others) are […]
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