WRITE ON

With cancer in the rear view, it’s time to move on from CaringBridge and introduce you to my new blog. I'm calling it WRITE ON because...

I did it, folks. Climbed to the tippy top of the Space Needle this morning. My time: 10:22. Total donations from the generous souls who...

When I was first diagnosed and while I was slogging through treatment, I figured I'd dread my first several post-cancer mammograms. ...

Many a time over the past few months, I've marveled at what a difference a year makes. Looking back, I can hardly believe how much has...

The thing that scared me most when I first learned I had cancer had nothing to do with the medical ordeal that loomed ahead. I knew I...

About a week ago, I ventured out hatless for the first time since my hair went bye-bye. Walking into the grocery store with my...

With my radiation burn healing up nicely, I had my worst-part-is-over appointment with my oncologist late last week and talked through...

Man, oh man, the last couple weeks of radiation sure tested my resilience. That not-so-bad light pink radiation burn from the first 20...

Time sure flies when you're having fun — and when you're going through radiation therapy, which is not at all fun, but also not all that...

My, oh, my ... December sure was a blur. I came close to posting a quick update or three these past couple weeks. Instead, I took naps....

You know that mild fever I was fighting off late last week? Well, it landed me in urgent care Friday night. Blood tests and a chest X-ray...

I could barely believe my misty eyes two Sundays ago as Sean crossed the Seattle Marathon finish line WAY faster than he'd ever run 26.2...

I broke into the chemo double digits yesterday. And I'm feeling fine with round 10 just a day behind me. Aside from some slightly warped,...

A week ago, when I got home from my sixth chemo treatment, Sean cheerfully declared: "You're halfway there!" Without so much as a...

I start the second phase of chemo today: 12 weekly treatments of taxol. It's supposed to be kinder and gentler on me than my first four...

I had an epiphany today, one that made me and a friend chuckle a bit. I'm sharing it with you today (how is it The Day already?!) in...

We are grateful for all the expressions of “If there’s anything we can do …” so many of you have offered the last couple months. We know...

Late last week, I had a few/several good cries as I wrestled with the thought of deciding between a lumpectomy and a mastectomy based on...

Just when I thought I was inches away from the starting line of my treatment, I get another wave of information — including differing...

Happy breaking news, part 2: The biopsy results of the whatzamawhoozit in my right breast revealed NO CANCER! Benign with a capital B,...