One Mambo Taxi Never Killed Anyone with Cancer

Just because you have cancer does not mean the house can be dirty when family visits. Come on, cancer people. Bucking up to the challenge of making your home perfectly beautiful while having a 14cm tumor is the right thing to do. Since we basically just moved in, um, there are still boxes all over the place. It's like a box catastrophe. All I can suddenly think about is Mi Cocina because it's...

Eating Mini Fudge Stripes & Crying For 14 Seconds

My mother-in-law called this morning and said keeping a journal throughout this particular cancer experience is the right thing to do. It is only day 2 and I have so many emotions it's crazy. Day 1 was a blur, so there's no day 1 journal entry. I didn't have the journal idea until today, so it looks like day 1 didn't have a chance. Most of the pain happens during the night and first thing in the...

I thought my stomach was poking out, but it was really a tumor

This is a public stomach service announcement for women everywhere. Sure, getting older means your female stomach automatically starts performing some kind of weird poke-out. This poke-out, disguised as a faux baby belly bump, is uncontrollably sticking out whether female citizens of the United States of America feel like it or not. The Constitution isn't helping anyone when it comes to this...