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Wife. Mother. Daughter. Friend. Survivor.
Hi, I’m Lori. Welcome to my blog. I look forward to watching its evolution, and having you as a part of it! A very BRIEF version of my story. Ten years ago, at the age of 35, I was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. Together with my husband John and our then three-year old son Zach, we got through chemo, surgery and all the nail-biting waits for test results that continue even today. And the road to today has been about much more than survival. For me, cancer has taught me to thrive despite the host of indignities no one ever talks about. Well…I’m a talker! You’ll hear what I think, and we’ll agree and disagree and argue and learn…and with an ounce of luck, maybe we’ll be here together when we find a cure!
I’m finally here. Great photo!
TY…John wants the photo credit but I don’t know how to put that under the pic!
I’m going to share this blog with my mom. Thanks so much for creating this, Lori.
Lori I am here and if you need any previews let me know. Love Toby
Hi Lori,
You have some wonderful posts on your blog. We would love to share them through our site that shares the patient experience. Would you be willing to contact me for a larger conversation?
Thank you for sharing what you have.
when i read your tag line the words ‘of chemo,cancer and red,red wine’ made me flash back to those huge syringes of that red chemo drug that turns your urine red in less than an hour.
Lori:
Thanks for taking asterisk into etcetera—they are kissing cousins in some way. Do you know the poetry of Alicia Ostriker? She has a set of poems on her mastectomy that run with blood and red, red wine. She is a very dear friend.
I agree they are certainly related! I do not know Alicia’s work. Thanks for sending me in her direction!
Lori:
Is there a way I could contact you by e-mail?
I just read I want you to know on Reader’s Choice. What a beautiful story about courage and love. Thanks for shaing it!
Peace and love and joy to you.
Diana
Dear Lori.
My name is Michael Foti and I am the Director of Business Development and Syndication for Empowered Doctor. Our company, Empowered Doctor, focuses on the latest healthcare news. Currently, we are news affiliates of The Chicago Tribune, Arizona Central, and CBSNewYork, supplying their website’s health sections with the latest advances against cancer. Over the course of our extensive research on the topic of breast cancer, we came across your blog and I found it to have a plethora of great information and I believe it would be very appealing to our readers. We’ve recently launched a program to identify and publcizie someof the top breast cancer-related blogs on the web. As such, I’d like to congratulate you as your blog has been selected as one of Empowered Doctor’s Top Breast Cancer Blogs. I’ve included the code below which will allow you to copy and paste it into your site in order to display your award badge. Again, I’d like to congratulate you on your selection, and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Additionally, be sure to visit both CBSNewYork.com/health (on the right hand side under advances against cancer) and ChicagoTribune.com/health (and then click the cancer central tab) to see the continuous work we do for the fight againstcancer.
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