My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer on April 11, 2000.  On April 11, 2004, exactly four years later, she died. I still miss her ever...

I have often advocated regular visits to the dermatologist for “ mole checks ” on this blog.  Until my brother-in-law, who has melanoma, ur...

I'm 52 years old and I don't think I've ever had bright red toenails until yesterday, when Kat offered to paint them for me. He...

My doctor will remove one of these moles in a few weeks because it concerns her as possibly being pre-cancerous.  The other one doesn't ...

TEN whole weeks after my fall, I'm still swollen and often purple, and I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever wear a left shoe ag...

In an encouraging, but short-lived burst of energy yesterday, I decided to hand wash some of my favorite sweaters. I'd been planning to ...

This is what I've been scared of for the past two months.  I've made it up these steps that lead to my office once or twice since m...

(Presenting the contents of tonight's fortune cookie.  This must be referring to NEXT winter...)

But not easily. I got my knee walker just a few days after my surgery and I've loved it. With the knee walker, I can move around ...

My dear friend Lynn stopped by unexpectedly yesterday, shortly after I returned from the "reveal" (cast removal) at Harborview M...

Just as I anticipated, my cast was removed this morning:  Not that I compared or anything, but Jessica (the other patient in the roo...

Tomorrow, almost two months after walking out my front door to take the dog for a walk and breaking my ankle instead, my cast will be remove...

At almost midnight on January 4th, I was quite literally stopped dead in my tracks (literally stopped, not literally dead !) and forced to g...

It's now been six weeks since I broke my ankle and five weeks since Humpty Dumpty put me (surgically) back together again. Lots of...

For the first few weeks, you'll probably need help because you're in pain and still learning how to maneuver around. But eventually...