-K-May 24, 201714 minMy Story in 10 Lessons*This story was originally written for Crowns of Courage an Art Prize 2017 installation. This was the first time I put myself out there. ...
-K-Jan 14 minPlatitude Attitude Good Bye 2020Platitudes: a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. Her...
-K-Dec 31, 20202 minHER2+ MBC Research UPDATE 2020Research conferences look a bit different this year. It is all done on virtual platforms due to Covid-19. Sure, I am saving money on flig...
-K-Oct 18, 20204 minA Little Secret for Pinktober; Drop Your Sword.Hey, Hey over here. I am going to let you in on a little secret......I am not okay. Some days are hard, I have chronic joint and muscle p...
-K-Aug 16, 20205 minYOGA FLOW OF EMOTIONSAugust 16, 2020 It's August. My birthday month. A fiery Leo. I just turned 44. In October, I will have been living with metastatic breast...
-K-May 30, 20205 minLIVING THE CANCER LIFE IN A PANDEMICTime for some real talk. I don't know why it is...... but some days, and quite honestly, some weeks and months I purposely put myself in ...
-K-Mar 26, 20205 minCANCER IN THE TIME OF COVID-19We are living in surreal times right now. A pandemic is swiping our nation. Something that we have never seen before has our country grin...
-K-Feb 15, 20202 minPATIENT ADVOCACY, FINDING MY PURPOSEI have been living with Metastatic Breast Cancer for almost 3.5 years. For the last two years I have been saying that I wanted to be a pa...
-K-Oct 4, 20193 minTHE MARGINALIZATION OF THE METASTATIC BREAST CANCER PATIENTI went to a local breast cancer fundraising event. I spoke at the event and share my story. In fact, the campaign video for their yearly ...
-K-Oct 3, 20194 minTHIS IS SO NOT PINK, THOUGHTS FOR 3 YEARS LIVING WITH CANCERI have never done well with pain, suffering, and sadness. I typically avoid sad movies or I want someone to tell me who is going to die s...
-K-Sep 25, 20192 minTake Away from my First Research Conference 20191st people are living longer with Mets. This is a good thing! However, advances in science with brain mets and leptomeningeal mets are la...
-K-Aug 11, 20193 min8.5 MILE INTROSPECTIVEWe went to my happy place like we do every year and I arrived tired. I was having a pretty down week after my infusion it seem I am getti...
katieedick24Jul 23, 20193 minBLUE BIRD ON MY SHOULDERI do my best reflecting while I am driving. As I left the Bluebird Cancer Retreat in Holland, Michigan my head was swimming with so many ...
-K-Apr 13, 20194 minREAL TALKI didn't want to take my daughter dress shopping........I am cringing as I write this. But is true. I was tired. I was FATII GUED and my ...
-K-Mar 3, 20191 minNUMBNUMB. I live in this new world where I know someone dying almost everyday. I live in a world where my own mortality is thrown in my face....
-K-Jan 19, 20198 minSTAGE DOOR VERSUS STAGE 4: I CHOOSE JOY. LESSONS FROM BROADWAY.Why do I love musicals? I don't sing, except for in my shower. Oh, well, in the car too and sometimes around the house; just to drive my...
-K-Oct 12, 20182 minMy Love My Life***spoiler alert if you have not seen the movie*** When Mamma Mia 2 came out in theaters. I was SUPER excited to take my daughter. Not on...
-K-Sep 9, 20182 minThe FloatOn my trip to Santa Fe not only did I take a magnificent physical Hike but I also went on spiritual quest too. The morning began at a cat...
-K-Jul 6, 20185 minTHE HIKEI went on a significant hike. Significant in distance. Significant to my soul. My sister and I hiked to the top of the mesa at Tent Rocks...
-K-Jun 18, 20183 minLITTLE PINK HOUSES OF HOPE: ON THE FLIP SIDEThis time last year I was on a Little Pink House of Hope (LPHOH) retreat in Myrtle Beach is was an amazing week, check out this blog to l...