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Dedicated to my loving and supportive Family and the awesome women and men of Breast Cancer Support. Many thanks to Paula, Nurse Practitioner and Beth, RN of the Kira Skidmore Breast Care Center, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa, California. Your hard work, compassion, caring and honesty are not taken for granted. Deepest appreciation to my employer and co-workers for not treating me like a "sick" person. Lastly, but not leastly, I will be forever grateful to Dr. Susan Love and her tireless and compassionate team.
About my masthead and its symbolism: We've all seen the pretty little pink ribbons scattered around the internet, on posters and brochures, and worn as lapel pins. We all understand those little ribbons symbolize support for research and treatment for Breast Cancer. My pink ribbon symbolizes how I view my recently removed tumor. It's pitted, lumpy and hard-edged. The fibrous emanations around it represent one of my greatest fears...has it spread or metastasized. The tears...the tears are my sadness, my fears, the sense of loss I'm experiencing -- the loss of my life as I knew it and the lost portion of my breast. The sword hangs over all of us, female or male, all our lives. It is my intent to turn that sword back on my breast cancer and de-victimize myself by being victorious. November 11, 2002 is the date I received my diagnosis: Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma, left breast. There are numerous
on-line journals being kept for various reasons and on many subjects.
So why am I adding another? Why not? Maybe some of my ramblings
will be of some use to someone but more importantly, this will help ME.
JOURNALS
This area of my website
began November 23, 2002
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