When You Don’t Fit the PTSD MoldI just discovered today is National PTSD Awareness Day. I thought I would take a minute and remind everyone that PTSD (like any other…Continue Reading →
The House Don’t Fall When My Bones are GoodMy therapy session started off the way all hard sessions do. Me: “I’m doing great.” Therapist: “That is wonderful.” Me: “Yes. I finally feel…Continue Reading →
The Weight of RecoveryYesterday I tried putting on a real bra – not like an actual bra with an underwire, that would just be absurd. (I stand…Continue Reading →
Red, Hot and ANGRY BoobRecovery from this surgery (and any surgery I would venture to guess) is just as much mental as it is physical. My emotions are…Continue Reading →
Ten Years Later and Still Choosing LIFEDecember 14, 2010 I woke up alone in a hotel room scared of the day ahead – scared of recovery, scared of the unknown…Continue Reading →
Save the Nipples: Meeting My Plastic SurgeonWhether you are getting your yearly OB check, mammogram or plastic surgery consult, standing naked in front of a stranger is not for the…Continue Reading →
When Your Mammogram Isn’t So [Squishy] FunnyI looked around the waiting room, letting the sights, sounds and my reality sink in. Women well over 70-years old bustling around in the…Continue Reading →
How Our Marriage has Weathered Life’s [Many] StormsThirteen years ago Jordan and I said “I do” on February 2, 2007. We promised to be faithful in good times and in bad.…Continue Reading →
How I Finally Lost the Holiday WeightI have been feeling heavier than ever these past few weeks. My anxiety high and emotional fuse short. I knew this time of year…Continue Reading →
Ditching the BUSY DietYesterday, I almost forgot to eat…almost. It was one of those work from your car, the hair salon and be the kids’ chauffeur kind…Continue Reading →
