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I Have Cancer and Yes, I Still Have To Do Chores
My husband and I have this ongoing argument about daily life. I am the whimsical, laid-back, easy breezy one who knows everything will be...
Lauren Wiatrek
Nov 19, 20182 min read
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Scars Show How Hard We Fought Back
Formal Definition: A DIEP flap is a type of breast reconstruction in which blood vessels called deep inferior epigastric perforators...
Lauren Wiatrek
Aug 10, 20184 min read
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From Blasé to Bold
These days it is so easy to just kick your feet up and relax without feeling the pressure to exert yourself. Many have welcomed a blasé...
Lauren Wiatrek
Jul 9, 20182 min read
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Lighting up the Shadows
What people don’t tell you about having cancer is it doesn’t just rock your body to the lowest valley it will go. It is also casting a...
Lauren Wiatrek
May 29, 20183 min read
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Bald is Beautiful
From the moment people found out I had cancer and hair loss came up in conversation people would say, “It’s just hair.” Which that is...
Lauren Wiatrek
Aug 14, 20173 min read
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My Pity Party For One Doesn't Include a Cherry Mojito
As I sit here, with a kid’s movie playing in the background, my girls pretending to build Olaf on the playroom floor, hubby off trying to...
Lauren Wiatrek
Jul 27, 20173 min read
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Buh Bye Red Rollercoaster of (Not so Much) Fun
This past Thursday, I finished my final AC infusion. This is the icky medicine that is harshest on the body, the one that makes hair fall...
Lauren Wiatrek
Jul 22, 20173 min read
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Foggy Cloud
Being on chemo the first week was probably a lot like being high. I was so disconnected from reality (not really in a good way lol), I...
Lauren Wiatrek
Jun 18, 20172 min read
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Blessings amidst the Storm
“The goodness of God endures continuously. “ Psalms 52 Church on Sunday talked about Killing Giants: Difficult Times. Clearly this one...
Lauren Wiatrek
Jun 13, 20174 min read
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Medicine Woman
For those of you that know me pretty well know that I am not a medicine woman. I don’t even take Tylenol y’all. For my first birth, I...
Lauren Wiatrek
Jun 8, 20173 min read
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This girl is on fire...
Today Nene came into town to play with the girls so Evan and I could run errands. Our first stop was at LiveStrong, we met a really kind...
Lauren Wiatrek
Jun 3, 20174 min read
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