My Big Girl Pants

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           As we approach the first anniversary of Bridget's death, her family has decided to re-post her blog. We know that for many of her readers, the blog provided not only insig...

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Bridget passed away before midnight last night in the loving embrace of her mother, husband, and Daisy (our beloved dog). I am heartbroken and do not have my wife's eloquence. In a few words, Bri...

http://mybiggirlpants.blogspot.com/2013/04/beauty.html

Over the past six years of my cancer journey, I've never, thank god, been at a loss for luck. No doctor thought I'd make it this far, and I know deep down that I have each and every one of you to...

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People call me brave and strong and inspirational. Generally speaking, I don't believe these compliments. I am simply trying my best to live a normal life in the face of great adversity, and ther...

http://mybiggirlpants.blogspot.com/2012/10/matters-of-heart.html

This summer has officially been the hardest season of my cancer journey. After seven years battling, I thought I had seen it all. I thought I could handle anything thrown at me in that doctor's o...

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Several times along the course of my breast cancer journey, I've had to plead, cry, and negotiate with The Big Man, and this time when I mention The Big Man, I'm talking about God. I'm happy to s...

http://mybiggirlpants.blogspot.com/2012/03/negotiating-with-big-man.html

Many of my friends, family, and blog readers have approached me over this past week because anyone who knows me knows I am in love with the work of Susan G. Komen for the Cure; I am a walker, a ...

http://mybiggirlpants.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-stand-with-susan-g-komen-for-cure.html

This past holiday season saw me simply blown away and counting my blesssings. When I left all of you at Thanksgiving, my tumor markers were up at 183. My tumor markers are now down to only 75. I ...

http://mybiggirlpants.blogspot.com/2012/01/counting-my-blessings.html

Happy Thanksgiving, readers! I hope you are all snuggled up on the couch, catching up on sleep, reading a book, or enjoying a football game! For me, Thanksgiving took on a whole new importance...

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October is here again and the newspapers are full of opinion pieces about the commercialization of breast cancer. People are arguing, yet again, that we are "pink washed " and that this Breast C...

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It seems these days all of my friends either have a new bundle of joy or are expecting a new baby. That's what happens. First comes a slew of weddings, and then the babies follow! In contrast, wi...

http://mybiggirlpants.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-to-expect-when-youre-recurring.html

I have to ask for your forgiveness, kind readers. I admit, I have been hiding and I have been procrastinating. Both of these qualities are unusual for me. I am usually very forthright, open, and ...

http://mybiggirlpants.blogspot.com/2011/08/huge-blow.html

It is hard to believe that we are already on our way into summer. I'm excited to share with all of you the news that my summer is shaping up to be my best summer in two years! Why you may ask? ...

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I am finding it hard these days to put Miss Daisy down long enough to write a blog, but for a good and worthy cause, I can find the time to write! I am reaching out to you, my blogger community, ...

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I am so thrilled to introduce to you, my blogger friends, the newest member of the Little Girl-Big Man Family, Daisy! Daisy & Daddy watch the Celtics defeat the Miami Heat! She's Perfect!...

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I know I often put on a brave face here on this blog, but I'm going to be honest for a moment. This Xeloda and Tykerb drug combo is no joke, my friends. I am struggling these days with feeling ol...

http://mybiggirlpants.blogspot.com/2011/03/this-is-not-your-fault.html

I have been MIA for the past few weeks, recovering. I had my swap surgery February 9th and started my Xeloda pills last week. My new "Girls" are looking pretty good, but it's hard to get excited ...

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So the Spence household has had a crazy couple of weeks, but the last three or four days have felt really normal! Last we spoke, I was digesting some awful, awful news and facing some new chemo t...

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I knew something was wrong when my doctor came in and noticed my haircut. She was thrilled with the cut, but seemed uncomfortable gushing. She wanted to set a tone for the meeting and my smiling ...

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Happy New Year, kind readers! I hope all of you are returning from vacations well rested and ready for 2011. I spent the last two weeks with the Big Man's Family. I completed several good books...

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For those of you not receiving Google alerts for all news cancer, as I am, you may or may not have heard that Elizabeth Edwards has stopped treatment for her metastatic breast cancer and is pre...

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I am in the hospital today. I am hooked up to an IV right now getting an infusion of my TDM1. I've been here for 3 hours, but I am hoping I can wrap it up within the hour so I don't have to rush ...

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In my opinion, patients across America should be outraged. We should be up in arms. We should protest. We should picket the hospital entrance. We should demand better. The current state of affair...

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