Weekly Round-Up
Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you. Don’t forget if you have written a post which you would like readers to see, just leave a comment below.
Do you mark any of your cancerversaries and if so, how? I did up until my fifth cancerversary – Nancy Stordahl has reached her tenth and writes “Even before the pandemic, I was wondering what to do with this milestone. I feel like I should have something profound to say, but can’t say that I do. In fact, it feels sorta odd to even bring it up right now.”
A powerful post from Ilene on not making ignorant generalizations about “people like me.”
Dr Attai comments on a recent study published which addresses the use of screening mammography in older women.
Barbara shares tips on how to protect your medical records.
Sheri writes of the false allure of normalcy.
A guest post on Chris‘s blog on the positives of social media.
Abigail updates us on the experimental combination of Piqray (alpelisib) and Kisquali (ribociclib) she is currently taking.
Covid-themed posts this week from Dee, Carolyn, Britt, Megsie, Julia, Liz, Jana, and Nancy Seibel.
Karin continues to offer online support at this time. You’ll find details on her website.
How do you maintain your health after breast cancer? Terri shares how exercise works for her. As a companion piece, read Cathy on how not to lose your fitness edge as you age.
Finally this week, please join me in sending thoughts and prayers out to Connie, who lost her mother last Thursday.
Until next week,
Stay safe,
Yours with much love always,
Marie xxx
Thank you dear Marie for including my Heart Sisters blog post in this week’s list of COVID-19 themed links. I have been wondering when I’ll be back to writing about non-COVID themes, but so far, not a single inspiration. . .
Stay safe… ♥
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Thank you Marie for all you do x
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I feel the same way, Carolyn! Looking forward to writing about teenagers, cardio (and my love, but mostly hate, relationship to it), and gardening.
We escaped to the Cape to stare at different walls and this where I was when I finally had enough hair to start going hat-less. In the great purge we all seem to be doing with our time indoors, I found my bag of knit caps, scarves, and whoo boy… there were a lot of feelings there. Is a hair-aversary a thing? This will be my 8th.
Thank you so much to reading and sharing my little essays, Marie. And I love reading everything you curate here. xoxo
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I think it’s important that you continue to write about this time – it’s unprecedented in our lives and it needs chronicling – so I for one am very grateful to you that you do 🙂
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These personal testaments stitched together by the thread of disease shines a light on our differences and the unique views we see from each of our own ledges. Some stand on the sidewalk and look up while some climb mountains and cheer at making it all the way to the apex. How unexpected it is for all of us to be here due to cancer and how it changed the lives we once led. And still grace and gratitude underlie all of our words and we bravely splay ourselves out like a frog under ether undergoing an experiment in the lab of our very personal narratives for all to see should they choose to look. I’m so glad you see us for the individuals we are – and although our subjects are not light you shed light on us without judgement. Thank you again for your work on our behalf so that we may be discovered by someone who needs us in a moment of despair or of not knowing whether of not they’re crazy for feeling the way they do in a certain moment.
The truth lies in our words and crosses over the quiet places we retreat to between the quiet hours of life with cancer.
With all my heart,
❤️
Ilene
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You’ve done it again Ilene! Your comments are mini-posts in and by themselves – always, always blown away by your eloquence which i know comes from a place of deep wisdom and compassion xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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