Today’s guest post is written by Coco. A treatise against a mandatory sunny disposition for all breast cancer survivors. I always knew breast cancer would appear in my life. After nearly 12 years of bi-ennial mammograms, a lesion was detected in 2010. I was not surprised, nor shocked. I had no “why me’s” . No [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Guest Post
Posted in Guest Blog, tagged breast cancer, dual coil MRI on August 30, 2011 | 71 Comments »
Motivation Monday
Posted in Monday Motivation, Personal Growth, Video Content, tagged compassion, Inspiration, motivation, unconditional love on August 29, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Introducing a new feature on Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer Motivation Monday I want to start off each week with some motivation and inspiration to help set the tone for the week ahead of us. If there is something you would like to see featured on Monday Motivation, please leave a link in the comments below. In [...]
Weekly Round Up
Posted in Friday Round-Up, tagged chemo brain, e.e. cummings quote, Feisty Blue Gecko, synchronicity, Uneasy Pink on August 26, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Time for the weekly round-up of blogs. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you. Just click on the highlighted links to read the posts. Don’t forget if you have written a post which you would like readers to see, just leave a [...]
Becoming Real
Posted in Inspiration, tagged margery williams, velveteen rabbit on August 23, 2011 | 60 Comments »
I never got to read Margery Williams Velveteen Rabbit when I was a child, but later, in one of my previous career incarnations working as a Montessori teacher, I loved to read this story to my class. I was going through some boxes in the attic over the weekend and came across the book again [...]
Meat Free Monday
Posted in Recipe, tagged baked ziti, healthy eating recipes, mayo clinic, meat free monday, meatless dishes on August 22, 2011 | 3 Comments »
For an alternative to spaghetti with meat sauce, try this baked ziti dish loaded with fresh vegetables. The recipe comes from the Mayo Clinic. Ingredients 2/3 cup uncooked ziti (about 2 ounces) 1 can (14 ounces) low-sodium tomatoes, drained (reserve 1/2 cup of the juice) 1/2 cup sliced carrots 1 cup chopped broccoli 1/2 cup [...]
Smile Saturday
Posted in Humour, tagged humor, Noah on August 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Weekly Round Up
Posted in Celebrities on cancer, Friday Round-Up, Psychological impact of cancer, Survivorship, tagged auld claithies and porridge, breast cancer blogs, Breast Cancer Sisterhood, breast cancer survivors, Bringing up Goliath, chemotherapy, Feisty Blue Gecko, finding new normal after cancer, Lady Gaga, losing a mother to breast cancer, Mark Twain quote, meditation, mindfulness, pyschological effect of cancer, quote about dreams, tips for handling stress, weekly BCSM chat on Twitter on August 19, 2011 | 20 Comments »
Time for the weekly round-up of blogs. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you. Just click on the highlighted links to read the posts. Don’t forget if you have written a post which you would like readers to see, and which I [...]
Chemotherapy Hair Loss Study
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, chemotherapy, hair loss, Psychological impact of cancer, Sinead Power, University College Cork on August 18, 2011 | 30 Comments »
Sinead Power is a nurse researcher from the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork. She is currently undertaking her PhD. and is particularly interested in examining the effects of chemotherapy induced hair loss on the self-concept of individuals with primary cancer. In today’s guest post, Sinead tells us what led to her interest in [...]
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