Last year was, in many ways, a transformational year for me. It was the first year after more than two decades of active parenting where there were no more kids in the house to tend to and care for. It was the year TheCop and I really had to examine where we were, and decide where to go […]
Since you’ve asked.
A lot of you have noticed I’ve had a procedure done this week and asked how I’m doing, assuming it was a continuation of “our continuing stoooory of a breast that’s gone to the dogs.” (Why yes that’s a Muppets reference. Now you know where I get all my jokes.) It’s not exactly what you […]
Dawn’s in trouble; must be Tuesday.
Hello, Ms. Smail? This is Dr. Duncan. I’ve got the results back and there is an abnormality that we need to talk about. Please give me a call so we can schedule an appointment for you to see me. It’s 5:18am on the pacific coast, but despite the time, my body insists it’s time to […]
Testing, testing.
The compression plates of the imaging machine are cold. I shrug out of one side of the gown while the technician positions my breast and my body for the best imaging angle. The plates compress uncomfortably, and I grimace slightly. Hold your breath. Hold. Hold. Hold. Aaaand, breathe. The machine releases me and I step […]
Examination.
I don’t want to be here. My thoughts are disjointed, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle dumped unceremoniously on the table. I try to sort them; to right the upside down pieces, and even group them by color and pattern. But we are still at the early stages of the puzzle, where few pieces are […]
Go Robin, go.
This post originally aired on April 4, 2013 in the-fitness-blog-that-shall-not-be-named. For backstory, read Out in the open. I don’t think I can count the number of times I’ve tried to start an exercise program. Certainly more than all my fingers and toes combined. Even this year, despite my deep aversion to New Years resolutions, I […]
Out in the open.
So, I’ve been cheating on you. Actually, I do it a lot. While Renegade is my primary site, I write in a number of blogs. I write at the studio for Firebrand, and I write my own knitting blog, I write for the Web Conference, and somewhere, hidden in the Tumblr-Posterous-Instagram-Path detritus that is my life, I […]
