by Danielle | Dec 20, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Health & Wellness, Nursing, Night Shifts & School, People Stories
At work yesterday I walked into the room of one of my patients in response to his call light, asked him how I could help, smiled and looked him in the eye, as usual. Overcome with emotion, tears sprang to his eyes as he explained that he just felt so anxious and...
by Danielle | Nov 28, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Health & Wellness, People Stories
As we followed the medical assistant back to the oncologist’s office, I couldn’t help but notice the curved row of recliners right in the main central corridor of the clinic. They looked out a huge wall of glass to the gorgeous rain-soaked North Scottsdale desert....
by Danielle | Nov 24, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Faith, Family & Relationships, Health & Wellness, Mindset, Mental Health & Entrepreneurship, Nursing, Night Shifts & School, People Stories
I wrote this article to be published in the January issue of Las Sendas Life magazine, which is distributed in hard copy form to the I-don’t-know-how-many thousands of residents in our community each month. It’s basically an intro to my Breast Cancer...
by Danielle | Nov 20, 2019 | Breast Cancer
I really never wavered in my decision to have a double mastectomy, but as the day approached, and I made my way through my first October – breast cancer awareness month – as a “survivor,” I wanted to have some professional photos taken –...
by Danielle | Nov 8, 2019 | Faith, Family & Relationships, People Stories
Although my life has had a somewhat singular focus recently – breast cancer, getting rid of it and recovering from the getting rid of it – life does still keep going on and on. Kids still get colds and stay home from school. We still have to pay bills and...
