mas·tec·to·my [ /maˈstektəmē/ ] noun. Surgery. 1. a surgical operation to remove a breast. I was 21 years old when I had a prophylactic...

During breast cancer awareness month the iconic pink ribbon does a lot to raise awareness around the disease and fundraising causes, but...

Start from part 1. Seriously, you’re about to have no idea what I’m rambling about otherwise. It’s been a year I know, I know. This blog...

Three months. Three more months of these damned expanders and the worst of this journey will be behind me. They're an inconvenience, but...

I’m almost a month out from my surgery and currently undergoing the reconstructive phase of my prophylactic bilateral mastectomy.  Aside...

Then… It’s been almost five days since I underwent surgery at The James Comprehensive Cancer Center for my prophylactic bilateral...

Emotional update So I finally graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in strategic communications and a marketing minor. Now it’s...

First and foremost Before I really get into this I'd like to proactively address a few common responses and comments of confusion I get...

I live in Ohio and, for those of you who don’t know what Ohio weather is like, imagine a temperamental teenager, going through her...

I come from a small town, a village actually. Carey, Ohio. Population 3,663. There was never any shortage of cornfields or small town...

When I finally leave this oasis called Athens, there will surely be some form of departing words. We’ll walk at graduation. We’ll hug and...