Breast Cancer Blogs by the MILLIONS

Well, Jenna from the writing workshop in Toronto over the weekend wasn’t kidding. There are a LOT of breast cancer blogs. When I Googled “breast cancer blogs” I got 28,100,000 results. That may not mean there are exactly 28 million 100 thousand blogs about breast cancer but in just a few hours on the internet tonight I found five that are really well done and include a lot of information. Many of them are blogs from young women who were diagnosed in 2009 so they are writing as they are going through diagnosis and treatment. Imagine if I’d been doing that for nine years…I’d have a book! Crap. Why didn’t I?!

I didn’t blog about it because 9 years ago I didn’t even have email at home! Our computer was so crappy we couldn’t get on the internet, and let’s face it…we didn’t have the technology we do today. I wish I HAD the capability to blog back then. It would have been so easy to keep friends and relatives up to date on how I was feeling, how treatments were going, and an outlet to express myself if I felt like it. And, it would have been a lot easier than writing an email and then sending it out to so many people in different batches. I’ve added a new section to my “Info & Resources” page. You’ll now find a list of blogs there relating to breast cancer. Tonight alone I found five really good ones, all from very young women (22-38). Many of them were diagnosed this year. A couple of them were diagnosed in 2007 so all of the information they share just might help you greatly as  you go through your battle. I’m going to continue to search out, read, and post blogs I feel offer something helpful on my “Info & Resources” page.

I also found out today the documentary I’m featured  in (About Her) will eventually be posted on the website I’m featured on, which is www.tellher2.ca. All you’ve been able to see recently is the trailer for the documentary. The entire thing will be up there at some point. I’ll keep you up to date! In the meantime I have a DVD copy of the film and am trying to figure out how I could “show it”. Is it even worth doing a show on a big theatre screen somewhere in town as a fundraiser when the documentary is only 16 minutes long? Suggestions and ideas are welcome!

Best part of all is that I have now blogged for two days in a row!! Jenna would be so proud