Excellent doctor visits in Malaysia at affordable prices.
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True stories about Ellen’s breast cancer while traveling. Mammograms, biopsies, surgery, recovery, prescriptions. Health care in foreign countries is different from America.
Special message for breast cancer DETECTION month
Hello October! It’s breast cancer DETECTION month. Because we are all “aware” of breast cancer, right? So let’s call it what it is — a […]
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Serenity Garden, travel pass & Kalibo COVID-19 cases
Ellen jumps through hoops to stay sober.
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We all will die and Life is Now
No one here gets out alive.
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1 year in the Philippines (and other numbers)
The greatest number of all is at the end.
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What I did during Typhoon Quinta in the Philippines
Ellen’s calculated risk acceptance.
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Memorable 49th ‘Earth Landing’ anniversary
This time, in the Philippines.
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Pandemic travel options: Thinking out loud
We have few options…
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Breast cancer warrior in a pandemic: Fear, tamoxifen, anxiety, escitalopram
Thoughts about survival.
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Buying a cancer drug in a foreign country. In a rural area. In a pandemic.
Tamoxifen is supposed to prevent breast cancer’s return.
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Mortality reminders during COVID-19 crisis
We are impermanent.
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The simple life on lockdown during killer virus days
Three questions to ask yourself.
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Be grateful despite loss: A travel story
A resentful pity party while traveling turns into an experience with divine grace.
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Quality expat health care in Cebu, Philippines
Post-breast cancer tests were 680% less than what it would have cost in the U.S.
MoreMedical tourism: Post-cancer checkup in Chiang Mai
I had no idea so many expat cancer survivors live in northern Thailand.
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Honest mental health message on ‘cancerversary’
One year out from a breast cancer diagnosis, one day at a time.
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3D mammogram message for World Cancer Day
Let my early detection story inspire you to get these types of breast tests.
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Medical tourism: post-breast cancer checkups
My experience was positive at a private hospital in Malaysia.
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Rest in Peace, Jodi Cullen
A friend and fellow traveler died of breast cancer.
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My DCIS had a secret nearby – an invasive tumor
DCIS is cancer, and the high-grade type is especially dangerous.
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