Boy does this suck. I was told early on that the effects of chemo are cumulative and that recovery time and intensity of the side effects...

I lay on my couch, curled up in the fetal position, feeling a pain and a weakness like never before. The life has been sucked out of me....

It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Maybe because I was so hopped up on chemo drugs and all the meds to help battle the side...

I was always curious if chemo was really the way it appears in the movies. Was it painful? Did you feel the drugs going in?So I thought...

Lately I’ve been so involved with my own stuff that I haven’t surfaced to see what’s going on in the world around me. Understandable,...

Before getting cancer, I was curious when I saw others dealing with their own cancer. I wondered what they felt like? We all know that...

I’m days away from my first chemo treatment. And while my busy life has been a wonderful distraction, I’m very aware that my body is...

Remember when you first fell in love with your life partner? When I look back on that time, it seems we experienced everything through...

F*CK, F*CK, F*CK! I’m not someone who uses curse words. I believe that words carry weight and I try to choose them carefully. But after...

I found out chemotherapy is the next step on my journey. 5 months, starting in a couple of weeks. We were hoping I’d be able to avoid it,...

Good news! The Tumor Board (yes, there is such a thing!) met and determined my second surgery is NOT necessary. Yay! So now I move...

It has been a little over six weeks since that lump revealed itself to me and so much learning has come forward. Although a breast cancer...

One year ago I made a commitment to myself to write one blog every week. Today, marks my 48th blog! It’s kind of fun to look back on my...

I spent the past couple weeks writing a blog and then I decided it’s just too much. Life has been too much lately. The news is too sad...

I woke up the other day and the air smelled different. We’d been experiencing some pretty hot weather in LA, but this particular morning...

I got a text the other day from the Producer of a show that my son’s performing in this summer. She wanted to share that she had to...

I used to be able to ride all the amusement park rides. That’s not to say I enjoyed them, but at least I could ride them. Not anymore. ...

I’d been bitten by the Theatre bug my Sophomore year of High School. As a Senior, I transferred to a Performing Arts High School. It was...

When I was growing up, I wanted to be an actress. Actually, it wasn’t until High School that I got bitten by the acting bug. In Jr. High...

Something happened recently that sent me into a tailspin. I knew my reaction was way out of proportion to the experience. I caught a...