by Rebecca Yauger | May 10, 2010 | breast cancer, faith in Christ, family, recovery, scars, surgery
Scars. I don’t think there are any of us who haven’t dealt with scars one way or the other — whether physical scars or emotional ones. Right now, I think I’m wrestling with both.I’m used to scars. I was in a motorcycle accident when I was...
by Rebecca Yauger | May 5, 2010 | breast cancer, compression sleeves, God's blessings, positive attitude
I’ve always thought of this journey of dealing with cancer as a roller coaster ride. One minute you’re up, the next you’re down. One minute, you’re strong and you can beat this thing, and the next you’re shouting at God saying “Why...
by Rebecca Yauger | May 2, 2010 | breast cancer, DCIS, diagnosis, friendship
A friend of mine was just diagnosed with DCIS. For those who don’t know, DCIS stands for Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ. If you have to get breast cancer, well, this is the one to get. It’s very treatable, very curable if caught early. My friend has had the...
by Rebecca Yauger | Apr 29, 2010 | breast cancer, discouragement, God's blessings, hope, Normal after all
I’m “normal” today! I know the theme of this blog is the “new” normal, which is dealing with my new physical body, making decisions about reconstructive surgery, visiting doctors every three months for the next couple of years, etc., etc....
by Rebecca Yauger | Apr 27, 2010 | breast cancer, faith in Christ, fear, hope, rare cancer, recovery
My Cancer HistoryA little bit more about me and my history. I was diagnosed with breast cancer (DCIS) in June 2004. I had a lumpectomy and 7 weeks of radiation. Believe me, I did all I could to move on very quickly from that and put it behind me. I hated radiation! By...
by Rebecca Yauger | Apr 26, 2010 | breast cancer, check-ups, faith in Christ, hope, lumpectomy, mastecomy, radiation, rare cancer, reconstructive surgery, recovery, sarcoma, scars, survivors, treatment
This blog has long been defunct. Probably because I didn’t have a topic or theme for the blog. Well, maybe now I do. And it’s a difficult one for me to write about. I don’t want to be a public person known JUST as a cancer survivor. I’m much...
