SGAP Surgery: A Survivor’s Journey Back to Wellness

Next month marks 11 years since my breast cancer diagnosis. While I am grateful to be cancer-free for this long, the journey has been anything but easy. As a breast cancer survivor, the thought of cancer is always in the back of my mind. Due to my Lynch Syndrome status, I am at risk for … Continue reading SGAP Surgery: A Survivor’s Journey Back to Wellness

Hashimoto’s & Ruptured Implants – Three-month Follow-up

Three months have passed since I first received my diagnosis of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease that causes your body to attack the thyroid. Although the standard of care is to treat this with thyroid medicine, I knew I needed to find out what was causing my body to create antibodies that attack my thyroid. … Continue reading Hashimoto’s & Ruptured Implants – Three-month Follow-up

What Breast Cancer Taught Me

Today marks ten years of being cancer-free, and I wanted to share a column I originally wrote for the Beacon Magazine in 2013. It’s still as relevant today as it was then. Breast cancer has brought me face-to-face with my mortality and helped change my life perspective. Some things that once seemed so important no longer are. … Continue reading What Breast Cancer Taught Me