Category: Diagnosis
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Li-Fraumeni Syndrome & Me
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When I found out I had a TP53 mutation, I had no idea what it meant. TP53? Never heard of it. Li-Fraumeni Syndrome? Li – what? I didn’t know what it was, but the words ‘high cancer risk’ hit me like a slap. It felt like the floor had been…
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Detour to (another) Diagnosis: Finding Out I Have a TP53 Mutation
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When you’re juggling flights, medical appointments and the realization that your body has some seriously unique coding errors, life gets…complicated. Case in point: my whirlwind trip from Orlando to Raleigh, squeezed in between the girls’ week at SeaWorld camp, for my next scheduled breast MRI. I found a last-minute flight,…
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Healing in Humor
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The moving truck is packed from floor to ceiling and front to back, leaving only enough space for my thoughts to weave in and out as I grapple with the uncertainty of this decision. The looming potential diagnosis suddenly at the precipice of every thought, ready to take hold of…
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The Diagnosis
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There are moments in life when everything you thought you knew about yourself shatters with a single sentence. For me, that sentence came in the form of a phone call: “The biopsy confirmed what we suspected. You have cancer.” This blog is my space to share an unfolding story, one…