"Blogging Breast Cancer" in MAMM magazine

Blogging Breast Cancer by Sherry Baker is an article in this month's issue of MAMM magazine.

A portion of my Public Face versus Private Face blog post is quoted in the article. The article excerpts from this this passage:

I do struggle with the question "How are you?" I haven't found a consistent answer yet:

"So far so good."

"I feel fine."

"Prognosis is excellent but there is no cure, you know."

"I appear to be cancer free."


To me, it is quite the paradox that I've let my fears and emotional ups and downs show more here - on this very public place!- than in daily conversation. But at this point if I'm out socializing or at a meeting, my cancer is old news (please God let it stay that way).



If you are thinking about starting a breast cancer blog, the article contains some solid tips. It also explores the sociological aspects of blogging, which continue to fascinate me. Definitely worth a look.


I started blogging on such a whim. It was the night after my first chemo treatment & I couldn't sleep. I was wired (from the steroids that I had to take with the chemo), but was physically exhausted. It was the perfect project for the moment. For a while, I wasn't sure if I liked blogging. It took some time for me to figure out my own style and comfort zone. I was tempted to hit "delete this blog" a number of times. I'm pretty much over that now :)