Guest Wisdom. Anyone that knows me knows that I am passionate about women’s health and diagnostic screenings. A friend shared an...

I had cancer.  I turned 40 and went for a baseline mammogram. 

I had intended to send this out earlier in the month - and then life got in the way. 

It's October again.  Breast Cancer Awareness month. 

This note marks my 11th year since diagnosis and my 10th October message.

Why is it that if a friend asks us to dinner ... we keep the appointment?

One in eight women will face a breast cancer diagnosis and 9 years ago, it was my turn to receive that life-changing phone call. 

When I was younger, you never said 'cancer' at full voice ... only in hushed tones so as not to draw any attention to the conversation. 

This is the 7th time I have written my annual reminder to mam-your-grams and each year has its own inspiration. 

On a very recent Virgin flight from JFK to LAX, I found myself engrossed in an episode of Parenthood on NBC. 

It's taken me most of the month to figure out what I wanted to write this year

Everything is being 'pinked' this month (even Eggland's Best Eggs have a little pink ribbon design stamped on the shell)

It's that time of year again:  the anniversary of my treatment for breast cancer - THREE YEARS ago! 

As I bought my pink handled Henkel knives this weekend and stocked up on pretty boxes of pink Special K and cans of pink Campbell's soup

One year ago today I was diagnosed with 'the best possible form of breast cancer'. 

The weekend before my surgery, "the birthday club" jetted to Kansas City for my friend, Cameron's, birthday.