I am an educator. If not by trade (which I am sometimes), then by personality. I have always taken the time to explain things to people, the why . I suppose that is the reason for this (rambling?) blog. It started when I was in kindergarten. I don't have a vivid memory of this actually taking place, but I have been informed that my mother received a call from my teacher, asking her to have a conversation with me about why I don't need to teach the other children in the class how to read. In first grade, I was given a reading group to lead. In high school, I tutored other students in chemistry. College students. (Thanks, Mr. Worley.) I had to educated myself extensively on the subject of breast cancer, from the perspective of a patient. Although I am not qualified to speak at a pathology symposium regarding cribriform vs. micropapillary growth patterns of ductal carcinoma, I can certainly hold my own in almost any other setting ab...
Sharing my experience with mastectomy and reconstruction to encourage, empower, and uplift those who find themselves caught up in the whirlwind of the breast cancer experience.