Every day, 75 Canadians will hear the words “you have breast cancer.” To my complete shock – I was one of those people last summer! It seemed so ironic that my mother (a CIBC employee) had roped me into fundraising and participating in the CIBC Run For The Cure for the past 23 years –Continue reading “Let’s work together to end Breast Cancer!”
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6 Month Update
6 Month Update: I’ve felt an overwhelming amount of love and support since returning to the clinic part-time in February. Helping people has always filled my soul and it has helped me start rebuilding myself after the trauma of Cancer. I’m learning to love this person I see in the mirror, and growing to acceptContinue reading “6 Month Update”
A Huge Christmas Gift
With the Holiday Season now in full swing… I need to take a moment and reflect on what this year has brought me. It’s been the most challenging year of my life! In January I survived emergency brain surgery to decompress a nerve in my brain that had been causing me unbearable pain for years.Continue reading “A Huge Christmas Gift”
We got great news this week!
This was the week that I would learn the next stage of my journey. I am 8 weeks into my 16 week recovery timeline from the double mastectomy; and while I would never classify myself as fully recovered, I would say that I am doing well and right on schedule with my recovery plan. WeContinue reading “We got great news this week!”
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