Insights for Your Healing Journey

Thoughtful writing & practical advice to guide and support your path forward.

A Second Opinion

11/23/2025

A Second Opinion By December 2021, I was finished with all treatment and starting to really feel better. But what now? It was strange, everything was just over. Was I back to normal? Was the cancer gone? What do I…

Early Recovery

11/25/2025

February 10, 2022 Good morning! I haven’t written in my journal in a while, but I have been writing. I have been working on creating a new blog and writing about my breakup with Brian. It was so unbelievable that…

Progressing

12/05/2025

 Thursday, March 21, 2024 I will continue with that part of my life, but not right now. I am not in a place where I want to pontificate on my relationship with my ex anymore. I’ve reached a point where…

Pink Me

12/05/2025

As I sat in the crowded waiting room at Perlmutter, I felt more at ease than in the past. It was crazy busy, and people of all shapes and sizes filled every spot. I wondered who they all were and…

Survivorship

12/11/2025

Survivorship I am officially in year five of my cancer journey, but something my niece said to me recently hit home how dire having cancer is. It made me realize how much danger I was in, no matter what the…

Switching Gears

12/12/2025

Switching Gears I saw my oncologist last Thursday. It would be the eighteenth time I travelled to the city to see her. There is nothing more they can do for me now except keep me on hormone blockers and watch.…

After Treatment Side Effects

12/13/2025

Saturday, December 13, 2025 What I’ve come to realize after treatment is that you will never be the same person again. First, let me preface this by saying that most people will agree that the side effects of cancer treatment…

Scanxiety

12/20/2025

May 9, 2024 I didn’t actually break my promise to write every day; I just wrote on Quora. It is for my narcissistic abuse awareness support group. It has been a Godsend for me, as it has helped me process…