unBRCAble Me

Oh wow! A thankful post right before Thanksgiving! Who saw that one coming!? Well, here it is cliches and all…. To be honest, I’ve kind of always hated that going around the table and saying what we are thankful for thing. A seat always felt empty since my father had…

Anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE to shop.  I love scoring a discount on clothes, an impulse buy of jewelry, an insomniac Amazon purchase I barely remember, or a great score at a sample sale(Jimmy Choo and Hanky Panky we’re both amazing this year!)           …

I AM a moo cow a new cow a true cow named Caroline….MOO MOO MOO MOO. So let’s just say, I have a LOT of trust in doctors! Especially my team for my PBM. I didn’t ask too many questions, so it wasn’t until my first follow up visit that…

Hey guys! It’s nice over here. Come on in, the water is warm! The anxiety is low, and I fucking did it! Prophylactic Bilateral Mastectomy – check. BAM! Done and Done! And honestly, it was way way way way way better than I thought it would be. Physically, there was…

As you know by now, besides being a mom, a wife, and a 36 year old woman positive for the BRCA2 mutation, I’m also an actress and singer.  I began singing when I was ten and started working professionally when I was 13.  There were many singers I loved, Barbara…

So here I am, three days out from my prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. This time of year has always been a time of reflection for me, and this year has made me think about myself, my world, others, and what I want more than I have in years past.  We are…

Ok…I know I’m not heading to the chair here, far from it and quite the opposite.  I realize what I’m doing is in fact lowering my risk of something that could very well have an 80% chance of leading to my sickness or demise. However, I’m still saying goodbye to…

When I was pregnant, I remember scouring the internet and every mom I knew for exactly what I needed when the baby came. My husband loved the day we spent six hours in Buy Buy Baby trying to pick a stroller(it’s a wonder we are still married! Also, we went…

So asking for help has never been my strong suit.  I think part of it is guilt and pride and part of it was the fact I was raised by a psychiatrist and a clinical social worker.  They always knew what I needed before I did.  Until I became a…

The worst appointment so far was the genetic counselor. I think mostly because I really wanted there to be tiny chairs and couches for my chromosomes to be analyzed and prescribed medicine.   Spoiler alert: there weren’t.  There was a lot of information.  I was told of all the cancers this…