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A lighthearted blog about breast cancer from diagnosis to five years as a cancer graduate. Tracy speaks from a place of conquering the unknown and tackling each obstacle along the way with grace and a good sense of humour. She weaves the medical information that she learned along the way into the personal recollections of daily life before, during and after treatment. She speaks from the heart and she speaks as you would with a friend. She inspires with her comeback to great health and finally completing a half-marathon run in late 2011.
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It's Not Forever, It's Just for Now.
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A lighthearted blog about breast cancer from diagnosis to five years as a cancer graduate. Tracy speaks from a place of conquering the unknown and tackling each obstacle along the way with grace and a good sense of humour. She weaves the medical information that she learned along the way into the personal recollections of daily life before, during and after treatment. She speaks from the heart and she speaks as you would with a friend. She inspires with her comeback to great health and finally completing a half-marathon run in late 2011.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 123 )
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Safe and Sound
Mike's Grad - U of GuelphJune 2008 June arrived and with that an amazing occasion for our family. Mike was going to graduate with his MBA! Read more
Posted on 25 February 2014 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
It's Where My Demons Hide
Just Me - Summer 2008 - Shawville, Quebec At this point I was still seeing one of my oncologists every second month. It felt good to have someone watching over... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Back to Life, Back to Reality
Winter at Home - January 2008 The start of 2008 was a welcome new beginning to the next part of my post-cancer life. Getting back to work was something that... Read more
Posted on 30 January 2014 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Counting Stars
My Family - Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts - Summer 2004 December 5, 2007 was a pretty amazing day for me. That afternoon I arrived at the hospital right on tim... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2014 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Like a Virgin
Mike I - Christmas 2013 - Greely, Ontario In early October 2007 it came time for yet another surgery. This time I was scheduled to have a hysterectomy. Read more
Posted on 12 January 2014 DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Man in the Mirror
Summer 2007 - Minden, Ontario By the fall of 2007 I had been living breastless for several months. I thought I finally had a handle on how I was feeling about... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2014 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
I Ain't Missing You at All
Lake Como, Italy - Fall 2009 I guess I never really thought that I would miss having breasts. All I cared about was getting rid of the cancer. That to me... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Call Me Maybe
It started happening all of a sudden. People started asking me questions about this whole cancer experience to try to understand and figure out how to help... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Alone Together
Mike I - Bethel, Maine-Summer 2009 Some days I was so, so tired. And you know that when you are tired you get cranky and start feeling really disconnected fro... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Pause for Playlist #3
Well here we are at post #94 already! I am really enjoying being a part of the blogosphere and I especially like the comments that I get from people I know and... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
I Will Survive
Pink the Rink Tournament - Etobicoke, ON - October 2013 (see note below) Sitting there in the doctor’s office that day I started wondering what was going to... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Waiting on the World to Change
Vicky Me - Collingwood, ON - Fall 2007 It was halfway through October in 2007. The day started out like most other days. I slept late, had breakfast,... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Man i Feel Like a Woman
Me My Coffee - Bromont, Quebec, Winter 2011 I was glad that this next surgery was happening. It made me feel like I was doing everything I could possibly do t... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Raise Your Glass
FPU - Blue Mountain - Fall 2007 The summer of 2007 passed in a lazy blur of beach time, visits with friends and family and much reading and relaxing. Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Life is a Highway
My Kids I - Manitoulin Island, ONSummer 2007 So after the radiation was finally over at the end of June, we promptly packed up our stuff and headed up to... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Good Vibrations
Summer 2007 - Lac Simon, QC It was June 3, 2007 and I found myself thinking that it was only one year to the day that I had discovered the lump in the first... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Canada's Next Top Models?
Getting set up for the photoshootToronto, ON - June 2013 Today’s blog is all about something new! So it is a bit of a diversion from my blog story but it... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
This is How We Do It
My Family - Summer 2007 You may or may not know how radiation happens but I thought I might explain it a little bit. At least this is what I experienced. Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Freeze Frame
Mike I - St.Lawrence River, Summer 2013 It was the spring of 2007 and I was slowly recovering from the bilateral mastectomy. I did not yet have full movement... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Radioactive
Summer 2010 - Jasper, Alberta Just when I thought I was getting close to the end, something else always seemed to come up. I knew that there was a strong... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION