The Pink Ribbon Effect

Just a 32 yo new yorker living in a #pinkribbonstateofmind

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The mirror that cancer holds up

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Do me just one favor……

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Journey to the C-Word

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It's been a tough week mentally and physically with 12 (!) appts with @sloankettering and 1 to urgent care. My heart's been heavy with news of a friend's sudden passing and another breastie's relapse. It's weeks like these that make me hold onto the good moments so hard. Sharing photos of the best past weekend in Southampton with the people who define unconditional ❤️ and give me the confidence to face the 🌎. Life gets so busy but thank you for always prioritizing me & our times together, distance be damned. To love and be loved is the greatest thing in life. I'm looking forward to 2 days without 🏥Happy Friday, friends 😘#nohairdontcare #thankful #floaties #hamptons #baldisbeautiful #survivor #sopale #mocktails I always expected chemo to be the scariest and worst part of treatment but I never expected what's after to be this hard. In the last 2 months, I have finished chemo, surgery, am continuing targeted treatment (herceptin/perjeta) every 3 weeks for a year, added hormone therapy (Lupron shots once a month plus daily Aromasin pills) and am gearing up for radiation (every day for 4 weeks.) It is SO MUCH. Everything hurts, I'm beyond run down and often feel like I'm a 33 yo trapped in an arthritic 85 yo body. On top of countless physical ailments, the mental battle is the toughest. For the last 7 months, cancer has consumed my entire life and I've drowned in it. No more. I'm tired of that. Yes, I will still finish treatment but I am making an active decision to take back my life. It's time to start kicking the bottom back to the surface. It's time to start breathing again and enjoying my new lease and appreciation on life. No exceptions. This may be my #optionb but I fully plan to kick the shit out of it! 🎶This is my fight song, take back my life song🎵#enoughisenough #survivor Ready for summer ☀️and the start of radiation next week in my strapless @sloankettering number👗 😂😬🙆🏻ps- I think they're catching on to my #hospitalgown #ootd because this was the shortest I've had to wait. Ever. #littlewins Lesson of the day #colbertlateshow edition: I was one of the selected to go on stage pre-show and their show opener complimented me on my "pretty hair and perfectly symmetrical eyebrows." [insert 😂😂] As you can tell from this photo, little did he know...fake 👩🏼and filled in brows hide my battle with breast cancer. Even though it's fun to play with different looks/styles, I feel insecure that people can tell that I'm wearing a wig/covering up the SE from #stupidcancer. However, randomly being in front of that studio audience today made me realize something important. NOBODY CAN TELL. Aside from the one person who actually knew me in that theater, that audience was none the wiser. I'm sharing in case anyone else ever feels insecure about wearing wigs or having to adjust their look because of treatment. Cancer robs us of a lot of things but self-confidence should never be one of them. Whether au-natural, wigged, make-upped, the most important thing is to do whatever makes YOU feel most beautiful that day/hour/time. For me, 👳‍♀️👩🏼👩🏻 all fair game. I'm glad I learned this lesson today, at the Stephen Colbert Show, of all places. Ps - yes, it was amazing 🤗ScarJo + SC high fives are all a gal could ever ask for. #verythankful Happy Monday! From your 6 friends at @thepinkribboneffect. 😂😂😂My doormen probably think I have some kind of weird fetish but really I'm just dealing with #cancerproblems😱 #monday #wiglife #baldisbeautiful When I blew out those birthday candles last year (photo on left), I never imagined the craziness, ugliness, sadness and absolute fight this past year would bring. I blew out my birthday candles yesterday in disbelief of how much changes in one year. I may be a year older but I'm definitely years wiser. I'm thankful for (continuously) surviving this most trying year (and in general) and being gifted the knowledge and appreciation for what really matters in life. I miss the innocence and naivety of the 🙎🏻on the left but I celebrate the depth and resilience of the one on the right. To all my fellow June babies, cheers 🥂! 🎂🍰 Back in #Gotham but really appreciated a couple days away from the #manhattanite life. Even though my weary body didn't allow me to do much, I feel like it was a huge milestone to 1) be > than an hour away from my 🏥and 2) have my first real change of scenery since starting treatment (6 months ago 😱). One day, I will be #jetsetting with my #passport again, but until then, baby steps and this #homeawayfromhome view is nothing to complain about 👆🏼🌊🙏. #hamptons #postchemo #her2 #breastcancer #fuckcancer #baldisbeautiful Never thought this is how I'd get my first (6) tattoos 😱😂#radiation #mapping #tattoos Concluding another week of 🏥appointments and treatments, we have this week's @sloankettering #ootd. Green is much more my color and we have an asymmetrical off-shoulder look 😂😂😂So looking forward to a three day "weekend" break from the hospital! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻#thelittlethings #waitingroomadventures #hospitalfashion #notafashionblogger #wiglife #baldisbeautiful #myunicornlife
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