breast cancer Archives

How to be a better man through blogging (your results may vary)

dcmacnut Aug 11, 2012 Tagged with 2012, blogging, breast cancer, chemo, family, hope, survival, thank you

The Random Facts of Life Blog still lives. How blogging about cancer gave me hope for…

dcmacnut Jan 23, 2012 Tagged with brave women, breast cancer, cancer, hope

I’m going to take a small step back from tech blogging and enter cancer blogging mode …

dcmacnut Dec 28, 2011 Tagged with breast cancer, chemotherapy, survivor

I keep reflecting on all the ups and downs of the last year, but today the…

dcmacnut Dec 15, 2011 Tagged with breast cancer, cancer, cancer support, radiation, survival, treatment

Shannon and I just got the best news in the history of good news. We won…

dcmacnut May 6, 2011 Tagged with breast cancer, Foursquare, mayor, treatment

Shannon finished her radiation treatment more than two months ago, and we’ve headed into the next …

dcmacnut Mar 7, 2011 Tagged with breast cancer, last treatment, radiation

“I will ring this bell three time well, a toll to clearly tell, the course is…

dcmacnut Oct 10, 2010 Tagged with bald is beautiful, breast cancer, chemo day 2, chemotherapy-induced hair loss

At least that’s what George Thorogood says. Shannon and I got haircuts shaved our heads Friday …

dcmacnut Sep 27, 2010 Tagged with breast cancer, cancer support, travel, work

I was supposed to be in Denver tonight. I had a previously scheduled business trip that …

dcmacnut Sep 27, 2010 Tagged with breast cancer, chemo day 1, nausea, treatment

We’re still working on getting Shannon’s nausea under control, and her doctors have a plan. Step…

dcmacnut Sep 26, 2010 Tagged with breast cancer, chemo day 1, chemotherapy

1st round of chemo: Fail. Too much nausea + loss of fluids = 2:30 am trip…