Category: Breast Cancer
Chapter 2: Five Stages of Whatever
To start at the beginning, read Chapter 1: Abby’s Crap News – AKA My “Journey” With Cancer
Chapter 1: Abby’s Crap News – AKA My “Journey” With Cancer
Remembering Before I Forget: The Beginning I have breast cancer.
One Writer’s Story of Finding a Lump: “My Heart Sank”
I am a smart, educated woman who knows about breast cancer and the importance of early detection and knowing your family history. I watched Nana, one of the most wonderful women in my life, die at the age of 54 from the disease. The impact of her death was the focus of the first episode of the Supernanny that we filmed in 2008.
Finding A Lump In My Breast: One Year Later
Last year I offered to have a photographer take photos (tasteful ones) as I had a mammogram. Having had millions of people see my life on the reality show Supernanny in both the first episode we filmed and then in the 100th special episode we filmed as Americas Most Memorable Family, I am no longer camera shy. I was writing a story for Breast Cancer Awareness Month to encourage women to get their mammograms. Little did I know that the one story of a simple mammogram would lead down a longer path.
Chapter 5: Hair Loss – Breast Cancer
To start at the beginning, read Chapter 1: Abby’s Crap News – AKA My “Journey” With Cancer