posts about my cancer journey
Have you ever watched the Amazing Race TV show? Teams race across the globe, overcoming puzzles and challenges, for a $1M prize. Right at the end, after the winners have crossed the finishing line the […]
Cancer challenges a lot of your comfort zones. The other night we were watching Baring it All, the documentary about the SCAR Project and the fact that the women being photographed were comfortable showing their bodies was […]
Yesterday was a great day, and not one that I thought would happen so soon. I met and was photographed by David Jay, the man behind the SCAR Project. I had contacted David some months […]
I wrote a couple of weeks ago (day 191) about the rather surprising change in my body, post-surgery: the abrupt loss of the ability to feel touch, while still feeling pressure, around the scar area […]
I’ve been chewing on this for a few days before getting to a point where I can write about it, but soon after the operation my surgeon shared the path report with me, and it […]
Yesterday, one day shy of 2 weeks post-operation, I had my second drain pulled, and as my surgeon’s PA said as she was pulling it out, that marks the end of surgery. Compared to chemo, […]
If chemo is a journey, then surgery is day out: chemo takes a long time, has many twists, turns and delays, and at times seems never to end; in contrast, surgery is for sure a […]
I was recently honored to participate in a pod-cast on male breast cancer, along with my doctor Dr. Sharon Giordano. You can take a listen here:
The FrenchTribune.com posted a brief online article with the headline “Oliver Bogler Misjudges Breast Cancer as a Mere Lump” – a bit personal, yes, but I commend them for spreading awareness, picking up from the […]
Just a quick update to link to the new Washington Post story about male breast cancer that just came out: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/because-male-breast-cancer-is-rare-many-cases-arent-caught-till-later-stages/2013/02/25/be2d9e2e-7458-11e2-8f84-3e4b513b1a13_story.html
Entering a World of Pink 