There’s something on my agenda more rewarding than finding an appetizer to bring to a party tonight. And that is a birthday lunch for my friend Carol, who has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. So another year is a milestone that defines the word “celebrate”. Towards the end of lunch, the elusive appetizer still hangs […]
Loaded Question
One reason I liked being a reporter was that I got to ask a lot of questions. Sometimes you have to ask a delicate question that you know will make someone feel emotional, or embarrassed, or angry. Sometimes you want a certain answer so you ask the same question in different ways a hundred times. […]
Caring and Sharing
As I write this, my friend Dana is walking miles in my name, up and down the hills of San Francisco to raise money for breast cancer research with thousands of other participants on the Avon Walk. I could not feel more proud of such an honor. Actually I was supposed to be walking […]
The Princess and the Pea
I am not going to bore you with details of the Mohs surgery or the plastic surgery or how I had a coughing fit while on the operating table under anesthesia. And I won’t describe my bruised and battered face which looked like I had a browlift and a facelift—or else had gone 10 rounds […]
It’s Not Over –Even When It’s Over
After writing about plastic surgery and honesty, I wake up to find a huge article on MSNBC about: plastic surgery and honesty. Maybe I stlll have a fingertip on the pulse of the news. Which brings me to a little incident involving blogging and integrity and Lara Logan’s breasts. You would only get that connection […]
Integrity vs. Vanity
As a cancer survivor, I’m a veteran of too many surgeries–leaving the landscape of my body literally covered with scars which are the permanent markers of battles I’ve fought. Although I wear those scars proudly, I vowed never to have any surgery unless it is absolutely necessary. Which sets me up to potentially become the […]
