What I’m Doing Now

For 33 years, every time I found out my cancer had progressed, my first reaction has been fear and/or “Oh Shit!” quickly followed by doing research to find the next strategy to hold back the cancer. Now, for the first time, my latest PET scan shows that cancer is in...

Progression Again

My breast cancer has been metastatic in my lungs since 2011. Since it has recently been progressing, I have been looking for what other treatments I can do that might make a difference. I went to San Diego to get Autonomic Response Testing (ART) done by Dr. Michael...

The Cancer Whisperer

I can’t believe it’s been 5 months since I’ve written in this Blog. The last time I wrote, I had had a biopsy of the cancer in my lungs and I was waiting for a response from Foundations One (lab that tests a cancer’s responsiveness to different chemo drugs) as to what...

Delighted to be Waiting

When the cancer marker in my July blood test jumped up, my oncologist ordered a PET scan to see what was causing the increase. The PET scan in August showed progression of cancer in my lungs. She recommended getting a lung biopsy and sending it to Foundations One lab...

Not Bad or Good

A friend recently informed me that Tara Brach (a prominent meditation teacher) had quoted me in a podcast. Eager to find out what I had said that was worth quoting, I listened to the podcast. The podcast was called “Shifting from Limbic to Liberating Intention.” She...

Angst of Waiting for Test Results

I used to have blood tests monthly, including a cancer-marker number. I would feel anxious every month waiting for the results and wondering what my cancer was doing. Once Covid changed our lives, my oncologist recommended I have my tests every three months. I noticed...