Better than she was before… Better, Stronger, Happier. A Breast Cancer Journal
Last week, I invited you to join me in my effort to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation by sponsoring me here .
In the 8 days since, you’ve raised over $2000!
Huge, huge thank yous to:
You rock!!
What generosity will the remaining 68 days of sponsorship bring?
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea July 27, 2010 at 8:16 am. View Comments
Reconnecting.
Sharing this journey online has rewarded me with opportunities to connect with friends and relatives from the distant past.
Living this journey has rewarded me with the courage to face old fears, step beyond the comfort of keystrokes and into real-time, face-to-face encounters.
My life is so much richer as a result.
And it’s getting easier.
Lucky me.
More Happiness here .
Posted by Andrea July 26, 2010 at 5:17 pm. View Comments
Earlier this week, I invited you to join me in my effort to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation by sponsoring me here .
In the four days since, you’ve raised over one thousand dollars!
Huge, huge thank yous to:
The Sinanan Family Carol Grannick Rich Cantrell Ebony Haywood Joan Buzick Tanglewood Books Daniele Rossi Cher & Mo Willems Whitney and John Hoffman
You rock!!
What generosity will the remaining 73 days of sponsorship bring?
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea July 22, 2010 at 3:05 pm. View Comments
On October 3, 2010, I will run for the cure.
You can join me in this effort to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation by sponsoring me here .
Many thanks,
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea July 18, 2010 at 8:58 am. View Comments
And many, many happy returns.
Love,
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea July 16, 2010 at 4:53 am. View Comments
Being Me.
It’s a month, today, since my final radiation treatment .
In these four glorious weeks, I’ve been living it up and lollygagging with good friends and good family.
I’ve grown some eyelashes and some hair .stepped up to the scariness of public speaking .coasted obliviously through a significant earthquake .schedule-free summer days with Lucy and Bayla .
I’m now two weeks into my five years of hormone therapy and — touch wood — its been blissfully imperceptible.
My white blood count is still low (I had a good cry over that news this morning). And various muscles and joints are still struggling with the effects of chemo.
But I feel like myself again — only better, stronger and happier. Really.
I am the rebuilt me.
And, with every thought and every choice, I’m working to stay that way.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
More Happiness here .
Posted by Andrea July 15, 2010 at 4:40 pm. View Comments
PAB2010 was an unforgettable weekend.
Thought-provoking sessions, amazing food and, most importantly, passionate, intelligent, interesting, friendly, fabulous people.
If you’re creative, online or off, you’ll want to catch the full schedule of sessions as they are rolled out at PABconf.com .
In the meantime, I can’t help sharing Sylvain Grand’maison ’s 5-minute Jolt, below.
Cancer crashed and auto-rebooted my life. Wiping out my routines, habits and friendships and leaving me with a fresh, if physically diminished, slate.
And the opportunity to start anew.
As Sylvain suggests, below, we can reboot our lives any time.
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea July 12, 2010 at 8:37 am. View Comments
It was October 7th, 2009.
Mark and I stood waiting for an elevator at the Women’s Breast Health Centre. We’d just left our first post-diagnosis appointment.
“Nine months of treatment, Mark. It’s a pregnancy,” I ventured hopefully.
And thus began my Me-ternity.
Yesterday marked the end of that nine months.
The good news is, I didn’t even notice.
Happy, happy day.
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea July 8, 2010 at 3:55 pm. View Comments
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Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea July 5, 2010 at 10:27 am. View Comments
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea July 2, 2010 at 4:48 pm. View Comments
No needles. No zaps. No waiting rooms. No tests.
When I discovered that lump, way back in August, I couldn’t have dreamed what lay ahead.
When I heard my diagnosis, way back in October, I couldn’t have dreamed what lay ahead.
I’ve had my share of bad and good news this year.
Sharing with you has brightened both.
Thank you for getting me through the bad.
I still can’t dream what lies ahead. But with the support you’ve given me I’m striding towards it.
Thank you.
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea June 16, 2010 at 12:35 pm. View Comments
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea June 15, 2010 at 1:08 pm. View Comments
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea June 15, 2010 at 9:48 am. View Comments
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea June 14, 2010 at 2:51 pm. View Comments
She asked about JustOneMoreBook! and I told her we’d replaced it with a breast cancer blog.
“When did you have that ?!” was her shocked response.
That beautiful, knee-jerk, past-tense reaction swelled me with glee. And it’s been echoing in my head ever since.
Cancer in the past tense.
Like a bad cold
Thank you, Ashley. For being the first.
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Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive . You can read more from Andrea here .
Posted by Andrea June 13, 2010 at 1:54 pm. View Comments
At a 40th birthday bash last night, Mark and I ran into an acquaintance from our early days of parenting.
Andrea
Lucy* (10)
Bayla* (8)