Tag Archives | BRCA

Thursday, February 6

By on February 7, 2014 in Joanie's blog

Beautiful tulips brought for me today by Jennifer Merkley. Today, Sue Buehner and I went for a walk through our neighborhood.  We walked for about an hour and it felt so good to get out and do a bit of exercise.  I  really am bored with so much sitting but I know that if I […]

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Wednesday, May 15

By on May 15, 2013 in Joanie's blog

I just had to write in my blog today.  I was playing tennis this morning at the Olympus Hills courts that are right below my house and kept looking at Mount Olympus covered in green foliage with a bit of snow hanging on to the peaks and felt this surge of amazement.  I feel so lucky to […]

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Monday, May 6

By on May 6, 2013 in Joanie's blog

I just talked to a friend who recently found a lump in her breast.  She had a mild form of breast cancer about 9 years ago, did radiation but no chemo-therapy.  She is going through this again and is having a hard time deciding what she should do.  I went to a doctor visit with […]

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Wednesday, October 10

By on October 10, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “We can accomplish but anything within our ability if we but think we can.”  George Matthew Adams Last Saturday, I ran my second marathon, post cancer treatment and BRCA 1 surgeries.  In a lot of ways, the conditions were optimal.  I had dropped five pounds about two weeks before the race […]

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Sunday, July 15

By on July 15, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong.  The amount of work is the same.”  Carlos Castaneda 34 years ago today I met my husband Joe.  The place- Pineview Reservoir in Ogden Canyon.  We both went with friends to a young-adult activity and because there were so many people […]

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Sunday, June 17

By on June 17, 2012 in Joanie's blog

“Life is the sum of all your choices.”  Albert Camus Yesterday, Joe, Alex and I got up early and rode our bikes from our Park City condo over to Deer Valley and then on Royal Street up the mountain.  It was so beautiful.  Sad to say but I like biking uphill better than down because, […]

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Thursday, April 12

By on April 13, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment.”  Viktor Frankel My younger sister, Emily, also a carrier of the BRCA 1 gene, had surgery yesterday to remove all her breast tissue.  She is 32 years old.  She underwent […]

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Tuesday, January 31

By on January 31, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.”  Walt Whitman When you start an exercise program, your body takes on a lot of changes.  I have to remind myself as my weight goes up and down a pound or two that my body is trying to adjust to this […]

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Friday, January 20

By on January 20, 2012 in Joanie's blog

Quote of the Day:  “Those who wish to sing always find a song.”  Swedish Proverb My friend, Laurie, gave me a non-fiction book called God Never Blinks by Regina Brett and I started reading it on the plane to New Orleans.  The introduction caught my attention with “Then I got cancer at 41.  It took […]

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Thursday, December 29

By on December 29, 2011 in Joanie's blog

Happy Birthday, Taylor! Quote of the Day:  “The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is joy.”  Fra Giovanni Giocondo Today is my last surgery.  I’m getting in under the wire this year and able to max out my deductible.  Grateful to be here. Looking forward and hoping […]

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