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 month to remind women all over the world to check their ta-tas, to squish their boobies, either by machine or hand. Early detection for me meant life extension. My cancer […]
Category: breast cancer while traveling
True stories about Ellen’s breast cancer while traveling. Mammograms, biopsies, surgery, recovery, prescriptions. Health care in foreign countries is different from America.
Serenity Garden, travel pass & Kalibo COVID-19 cases
Ellen jumps through hoops to stay sober.
We all will die and Life is Now
No one here gets out alive.
1 year in the Philippines (and other numbers)
The greatest number of all is at the end.
What I did during Typhoon Quinta in the Philippines
Ellen’s calculated risk acceptance.
Memorable 49th ‘Earth Landing’ anniversary
This time, in the Philippines.
Pandemic travel options: Thinking out loud
We have few options…
Breast cancer warrior in a pandemic: Fear, tamoxifen, anxiety, escitalopram
Thoughts about survival.
Buying a cancer drug in a foreign country. In a rural area. In a pandemic.
Tamoxifen is supposed to prevent breast cancer’s return.
Mortality reminders during COVID-19 crisis
We are impermanent.