Horrors! Woman touches own breasts on TV!

{ Sorry--I couldn't figure out technically how to capture a still of the woman examining her breasts. It is much less sexy than this sto...

Breast Cancer Drove Her to This

[Imagine a red slash through the smiley face] The pinkness and cheeriness of the breast cancer industry made Barbara Ehrenreich note the per...

Self-conscious Narrators

L took the picture of me above and it didn't seem to look like me. It reminded me of young Leonard Michaels (1933-2003), whom I talked a...

The Need for Health Insurance

At present the United States has the unenviable distinction of being the only great industrial nation without universal health insurance. He...

Maybe I'm wrong.

Maybe I'm wrong about the reason the original oncologist didn't give me Cytoxan. Maybe there was another reason, which I forgot in m...

Please vote.

Dear Cancer Bitch readers, I will relate a scenario to you and I'd like you to vote on my response. Today I went to a town hall sponsore...

Neighborly

D called at noon when I was finishing up my morning sun salutations and we decided to meet for lunch at 12:30. I rushed out and got into L...