Things That Are Weird
Things That Are Weird: Part Three
Opening your budget tracking sheet for the first time in six weeks and seeing a tab that says “DCIS Expenses” and it having a pretty
March 4, 2026
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The Archive
Author: Alli Houseworth
Chemotherapy
Diagnosis / Treatment Update: March 1, 2026
This is my first one of these posts, so I’m going to backtrack a bit before circling back to the news I got last week.
March 1, 2026
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Surgery
Drained
It’s nine days after surgery and I have my first post-op with my plastic surgeon. The goal is simple: see if we can remove my
February 25, 2026
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FAQ
FAQ: What Were Your Symptoms? or, How I Might Have Saved My Own Life
What were your symptoms? Breast Cancer None. The two areas of DCIS were discovered on a routine mammogram. The IDC was discovered on a standard-issue
February 24, 2026
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Beforetimes
boots on broadway
February 23, 2026 Fourteen days post-op — boots on broadway If you had told me one week ago that I would feel like this— energized,
February 23, 2026
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FAQ
FAQ: Insurance
Do you have insurance? Are you on your ex-husband’s insurance? Yes, I have insurance. No, I’m not on my ex-husband’s insurance. When our divorce was
February 21, 2026
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Things That Are Weird
Things That Are Weird: Part Two
My mom saying she doesn’t like to microwave things in plastic and me thinking, me too, but what the fuck does it matter because I
February 20, 2026
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FAQ
FAQ: What surgery did you have? How many will you have?
What surgery did you have? On February 9, 2026 I had a single mastectomy on the left side and a mastopexy (lift) on the right
February 19, 2026
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Things That Are Weird
Things That Are Weird: Part One
Do I renew my yoga teaching insurance for the year? Will I teach this year? Looking at emails from before surgery. People moving to different
February 18, 2026
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Mindfulness
Post-Op Hell
Week One: Post-Op Hell I thought this would be the easy part. This is the part I thought I knew. Even though I’ve never done
February 17, 2026
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