San Francisco has some of the best sunsets I’ve ever seen. What a Silver Lining to my breast cancer radiation treatment!
FBC
The Yoga Room
Yesterday, I saw a lymphedema specialist yesterday to deal with yet another side effect of breast cancer treatment. Because I am a Curious George, I had a slew of questions for her, mainly about how (if) I can get rid of this lymphedema. And if I can get rid of it, then how. And if how then what I need to do to prevent a recurrence. She sent me to The Yoga Room.
Necessary Nutrition
Once breast cancer (or any kind of cancer for that matter) enters life, nutrition ascends to the top of the priority list and stays there throughout the trajectory of treatment…and beyond.
Incorporating a Registered Dietitian (RD) into your health care team is absolutely imperative because food plays a crucial role in supporting treatment, healing and preventing recurrence. (It also helps with cancer prevention, by the way, but I missed that part!)
Fashion SL's: Scarves
A lovely reader who recently (& unfortunately) joined the FBC (F-bomb Breast Cancer) club asked if I would write a post describing how I tie my scarves (on my head). So, here it is!
Hope – Emily Dickinson
Hope is a wonderfully magical and sustaining Silver Lining presence during this breast cancer period in my life.
Home Sweet Home
After a week of breast cancer treatment, there is nothing like coming home…home sweet home.
Fabulous Ferry and Lousy Lymphedema
As I continue on this breast cancer journey, for every downer, there are two Silver Linings. The nicest, most amazing things happen. When I need them the most. Every. Single. Day.
Silver Lining Book: Unbroken
In the event that you have been living under a rock (like me!) and haven’t heard about this book, I’m super excited to introduce it to you. Unbroken is an historical account of one WWII POW that is simultaneously enthralling, appalling, inspiring, and staggering. It certainly gives my breast cancer a great deal of perspective.
Preparation as Protection
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world (aside from breast cancer, of course).
One of the reasons that I feel so fortunate is that I live in Santa Barbara, one of the most beautiful places on earth. When I say beautiful, I mean spectacular.
However, it is a fire zone. And an earthquake zone. GULP. BUT,the Silver Lining is that we are now equipped with the knowledge and supplies to help protect us in the event that something (another GULP) happens.
Radiation Reality
Today was day 1 of 25 Radiation Treatments for my breast cancer. Radiation is the third of three legs of this treatment stool. I am hopeful that that this stool will be a strong and solid foundation that will last for generations to come.