I have known that hormonal therapy would be part of my treatment since the day I got my diagnosis. The biopsy indicated that my tumor was...

The Training and How it Felt The highlights of this month include the last minute decision to run the Twin Cities 10 Miler with Natalie,...

I had my last radiation treatment on Tuesday Oct 21!  All Done Baby! Needless to say, I am pretty happy. I decided that this would be the...

I am still on a runner’s high from this past weekend. About 2 weeks ago, my good friend Natalie suggested I join her in the Twin Cities...

The Training and How it Felt I had almost a full month break from any treatment before starting radiation on Sept 9. Radiation is every...

Before this year I had this nice simple boring medical history that included having 4 kids and a little hypothyroidism. I thought adding...

It is almost 4 weeks since my last chemotherapy and I feel great! I went back to Seattle last week to work and emotionally this was a...

My heart is so filled with joy, gratitude, and love after this wonderful weekend. This was the weekend of the long-anticipated...

The Training and How it Felt I have continued with the same routine with most of my running and workouts being in the comfort of the...

Wednesday, August 14th was my last day of chemotherapy! I was giddy with excitement and energy in the days leading up to that day. I...

The Training and How it Felt The highlight of this month is that I met a physical therapist who specializes in treating cancer patients...

The immune system is an amazing and complicated thing. It is well beyond the scope of this blog post to explain the details of this...

My first dose of Taxol is now in me and so far it feels like I went snorkeling with clown fish rather than a deep dive with sharks which...

I have settled into the routine of adriamycin and cytoxan (AC) every other Wednesday. I receive the 4th and last AC on June 19th. Next up...

When I initially looked for guidance on how to continue to run while on treatment, my first instinct was to find others who had gone down...

I did my 4th shark dive yesterday. Or as my good friend Natalie puts it, I have reached the half marathon point of this marathon journey....

One of the most effective chemotherapy drugs for my type of breast cancer is adriamycin. This drug is a class of drugs called...

Today is Global Running Day. It is also the day I will receive my 3rd cycle of chemotherapy. So guess what I did? Of course, I went...

Although I have been running for about 30 years, initially I had a lot of starting and stopping. There were many reasons for stopping:...

I have done some scuba diving. One of the few high-risk activities I have done since I tend to be Cathy Cautious in most other things in...