Nancy Before and After

I will be mentioning these two a lot so let me tell you a little a bit about them. I met my husband, Robert, in '87 when we were both 20 years old and working at Mervyns in Glendale. I remember the first time I saw him, he was coming down the escalator and I asked "who's that?". After our first date I thought this is the one I need to be careful be cause I have never felt like this about anyone. After our first kiss I was done he had me hook line and sinker. We got married in '94 and welcomed our son, Miles, in '96.  We have done a lot of growing up since then and  It has been quite a ride with a few ups and downs but we managed to come out of it stronger than we have ever been. I am so lucky and blessed to have a husband like Robert, he is kind, compassionate, strong, loving and patient. He helped keep me strong while I was going through my treatments and sat with me for every chemo treatment which lasted 5 hours once a week. He made sure I ate ...

Let me begin by telling you a little about myself and what made me want to try writing a blog.    I'm a 50 year old wife and mother of and awesome 21 year old. I recently finished having radiation and chemo for V ulvar C ancer. It's not one of the most common cancers but then I have never been the type of person who had to have what everyone else had.  F or example I refuse to get an iPhone, I am not in high school anymore I don't need to be part of the in crowd, but that's another subject for  anoth er  day.    July 20, 2016  -  I’m the type of person who hates going to the doctor unless I’m really, really sick. So needless to say I have not gotten a check up in ages. I have not been feeling good in months and I was in a lot of pain so I finally sucked it up and went to the doctor because I just couldn’t bare the pain anymore.  I was given a note to stay home for a week to let my infection heal since being diabetic it w...