Category: cancer

  • What radiation treatment taught me about leadership.

    What radiation treatment taught me about leadership.

    Everyone is carrying something. Everyone is carrying something we cannot begin to understand. If we are lucky, they only carrying one single thing. Many of us are carrying so, so much more. I work across the street from the cancer center where I received my final radiation treatment just over five years ago. Every day…

  • Happy New Year: 5 years cancer-free.

    Happy New Year: 5 years cancer-free.

    On January 18th, 2019, I had my last radiation treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): breast cancer. Along the spectrum of breast cancer diagnoses, it is truly the “best” diagnosis one can hope for. Regardless, it rocked my entire world. When you are treated for cancer, the first day after your last “active” treatment…