The week of my cancer diagnosis, I wandered into a bookstore and perused the self-help section (because if there was ever a time for self-help, it was now). I came across a book called “Full Catastrophe Living” by John Kabat-Zinn. I laughed to myself and thought “Yep that sounds about…
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When you get diagnosed with cancer, your first thought is “Oh my god, am I going to die?”, and then your second thought is “Oh my god, am I going to lose my hair?”. You would think that once your life is in danger, you automatically stop caring about superficial…
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Sometimes, I’ll be going about my daily business and then all of a sudden it hits me: I was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and survived 8 rounds of chemotherapy. From diagnosis to treatment, everything was such a whirlwind. When all the dust finally settled, I was left thinking… did all…
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I’ve had a severe phobia of needles for as long as I can remember. I like to think it all began when my sister and I were kids and we discovered a tree in our backyard that had long and (surprisingly) sharp pine needles. We came up with a game…
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From the moment I heard the word “cancer”, everything happened so quickly. Like someone hit the fast forward button and couldn’t figure out how to turn it off. Carlos and I had a flight booked to go to Hawaii for a week on August 2nd (for my 27th birthday) and…
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Hi! My name is Sarah and I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 26. This is my story. July 2017: I just finished grad school and was on top of the world! It was finally time to move across the country to be with my partner Carlos and to…
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Last weekend we decided to go on to a day trip to Westgate-on-Sea (West Bay Beach) and what a fabulous choice it was! We had sun, sand, and lots of fun. I think it was the best Sunday weather we had this month so it was a pretty good choice…
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We simply cannot wait… well, I simply cannot wait. I don’t think LO is aware of my travel plans just yet. It’s going to be his first holiday and the first time he’ll be abroad since he’s been born. I went on a babymoon with him to Nice, France when…
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We decided to go away this year at the end of January for a bit of winter sun… we headed out to the Canary Islands, Fuerteventura to be exact. It was only a short holiday (4 nights) but was the best getaway/family holiday for me. It was also LO’s first…
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Lately I’ve been thinking about booking our little family of four a new holiday – a proper family holiday this time as the last time was more of a mini one than anything as Daddy P didn’t come with us to Fuerteventura. LO, bump and I went around late January…