simply jeanne B

It’s time for me to do it again. Next week I will be having another radiation treatment and body scan to make sure no thyroid cancer is still lurking somewhere in my body. I also have the pleasure of going on a low iodine diet again, starting today, and three days of isolation thrown in [...]

Today’s post is brought to you by Linda Fisher, founder of Wings of Angels.
When I was forty, I was told that I had breast cancer. That day—that moment—changed my life forever. I had all these thoughts of how long I have, what about this, and what about that. I remember I stayed in those thoughts [...]

I started tweeting a few months ago.  No, I don’t need to see a doctor, I joined twitter and began sharing my world in 140 characters or less! I have made many new friends on twitter – people that live where I do (Pittsburgh), people that share my interests (reading, music, silly jokes!), and people [...]

“You have cancer”.
Few words will knock you on your ass faster than those.  Just 2 days after my 52nd birthday, I got this belated “present”.  I’d already had surgery to remove the right half of my thyroid and after 2 weeks of anxious waiting, I got the call.  Now, I would have the other half [...]

Spring has sprung, folks, and that means we’ll all be spending more time outside. Ahhh, it’s a great feeling to have the sun warm your face!
When I was little I couldn’t wait to run around outside in the sun in my bare feet (and get the occasionally bee sting) and swim at the local pool. [...]