Tag Archives: chemotherapy
An unutterably ugly word: malignancy
In my last blog, My body, my battleground, I wrote about finding a lump in my breast, and having a biopsy. That was a month ago, though it seems more like an eon. Not quite a week afterwards, my doctor’s … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs and blogging, Costa Rica, Health, Life
Tagged biopsy, Breast cancer, Caja, chemotherapy, CIMA hospital, emotions, Escazu, estrogen, immune system, lymph nodes, margins, meditation, mindfulness, national health care, Oncology, radiation, San Jose, San Jual de Dios, stress, Tamoxifen, Testerone
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Reconnecting in paradise
Three years ago, my cousin was diagnosed with breast cancer. The thought of losing her galvanized me. We began talking again, visiting each other, sharing secrets the way we did in childhood. But I had one foot in Philly and the other in Costa Rica by then. We decided she had to come for a visit- the sooner the better. “I won’t go through chemotherapy again,” she said, in the understated way she has. Continue reading
Posted in Costa Rica, Family, Life, Life abroad, Philadelphia, Retirement abroad, Rural Living
Tagged Baltimore orioles, brown-breasted robin, cancer, canna lilies, chemotherapy, childhood, cousins, flycatchers, fog, grackles, mountains in the tropics, NaNoWriMo, Norristown, Philadelphia, rufus-tailed hummingbirds, scarlet-rumped tanagers, The rainy season in Costa Rica
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