Coping with Women's Cancers
The Foundation for Women’s Cancer reports that in 2015, it was estimated that 98,280 women would be diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer and about 30,440 would die from the disease. The breakdown for the 5 types of gynecologic cancer from the American Cancer Society last year was as follows, in alphabetical order: Estimated new cases Estimated deaths Cervical cancer… Continue reading September Is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month – Information & Stories Within
Skin Cancer-Related Posts: November 21, 2013: Yet Another Cancer–Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Scalp December 31, 2013: ...Skin Cancer No More: Lessons from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come January 1, 2014: Baby New Year 2014 Arrives with Baby Shampoo...& the Promise of a Fresh Start - Part 1 January 2, 2014: Baby New Year 2014 Arrives with… Continue reading My Story – Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Scalp: Shorn on the First Full Day of Spring
Glowing, Radiant Health RECAPPING MY STORY TO DATE AS I PREPARE TO START VAGINAL RADIATION THERAPY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY . . . Note: The blue-green highlighted terms in the text contain links to previous posts. Symptoms & Preliminary Diagnosis When I started this blog on November 9, 2013, it was with a warning for all… Continue reading My Story – Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer: Looking Back & Forging Ahead to Radiation
Hats Are Hot on Chicks—Little & Big As described in the January 1 and January 2, 2014 posts, two weeks ago, on December 30, 2013, the basal cell carcinoma in the part line of my scalp was excised using Mohs micrographic surgery (see the November 21, 2013 post). Yes, what I said before is true: after having… Continue reading My Story – Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Scalp: Bye-Bye Basal Cell & Baby Shampoo
Click: A Few of My Favorite Things_#1 Some of my favorite ways ... … Continue reading My Story – Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer: The Art of Waiting
Example of a pelvic field for external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) after hysterectomy for stage I-II endometrial cancer. This treatment uses a low radiation dose and takes place over five to six weeks, five days a week. Surrounding structures, such as the bowel and bladder, also receive some radiation, which can result in gastrointestinal and urinary side… Continue reading My Story – Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer: Orange Pee & Radioactive Tampons
A Clean Slate . . . but with a Few Fingernail Scrapes Down the Chalkboard (Part 1 Here) I know I've indulged in quite a lot of detail. But as someone who appreciates finding information about the problems I face, I'm providing these stories for the benefit of anyone else going through similar situations. … Continue reading My Story – Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Scalp: Baby New Year 2014 Arrives with Baby Shampoo . . . & the Promise of a Fresh Start, Part 2
A Clean Slate . . . but with a Few Fingernail Scrapes Down the Chalkboard (Part 2 Here) Being Scalped Creates a Fear of Baby Shampoo This past Monday, December 30, at almost the very end of 2013, I had one more cancer removed. The basal cell carcinoma in the part line of my… Continue reading My Story – Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Scalp: Baby New Year 2014 Arrives with Baby Shampoo . . . & the Promise of a Fresh Start, Part 1
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come “Ghost of the Future! . . . I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you company,… Continue reading Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer & Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Scalp: Cancer No More–Lessons from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Just before midnight on December 12, 2013, I am preparing for my da Vinci robotic radical hysterectomy tomorrow . . . only hours away now after waiting for more than five weeks after getting my diagnosis of uterine (endometrial) cancer (adenocarcinoma). It will be good to be on the other side of this problem. I thought… Continue reading Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer: My Timeline, My Impending Surgery
The Patient Path 