Nancy's Point
Nancy's Point is a fresh-looking new blog with visuals about her personal experience with a breast cancer diagnosis, biopsy, genetic testing, bilateral mastectomy, reconstruction, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and post treatment plan. It is intended to be a reflective, analytical and helpful resource for others. It also focuses on coping with loss.
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May 16, 12 12:58PMDid you know May is Mental Health Month? If you didn’t, you’re not alone. I didn’t know until my friend Marie, from Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer, pointed it out to me by asking me to...
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Mother’s Day & the Twentieth Anniversary of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at Mall of America®May 14, 12 06:17AMAnother Mother’s Day has come and gone. Mother’s Day 2012 marked a significant milestone for me. I’ve now experienced five Mother’s Days without a mother. Five. This feels pretty...
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May 09, 12 05:48AMI am a firm believer in the necessity of being one’s own staunchest advocate. This is true for all areas of your life, but it’s vital if you want to receive the best medical care. This is not...
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May 04, 12 11:03AMThank you to all who read part one of ”You Have ‘A’ Cancer.” More thanks to those who left comments. Your feedback is always very important to me and, of course, mo tivates...
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May 01, 12 06:21AMI’m now two years out from my diagnosis. The next few weeks hold many memories for me which remain quite fresh. I decided this might be a good time to share a chapter of the book I&r squo...
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Apr 27, 12 05:49AMI hit another milestone recently. This time it was a mostly pleasant one. A couple of weeks ago hubby looked at me and said, “When was the last time you had a haircut anyway?” And this que stion...
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Apr 24, 12 04:43AMTwo years ago this week was when my first domino toppled, leading to a chain of events that is still playing out today. Remembering all the approaching dates, as well as pondering the overwhelming res ponse...
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Apr 18, 12 06:09AMSometimes I think those of us not living with metastatic breast cancer hesitate to speak out about it for a lot of reasons, primarily perhaps because of fear, but also because we don’t think we have...
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Apr 13, 12 05:06AMAs many of you may know, one of my biggest cancer “pet peeves” (nice pun since today’s post centers around my pets) is the positive attitude thing. You know the one. The one that imp lies...
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Apr 09, 12 06:28AMA cancer diagnosis sets off a domino effect like none other. In my case the first domino “toppled” on Easter 2010. The domino effect was set in motion. Easter 2010 was when the chest pain started...
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