"It's All In A Name"

Two days ago, I made the decision that I was going to create a blog page as a way of sharing my personal experiences with battling cancer. Truthfully, the idea to start a blog came to me months ago but was quickly dismissed after stressing over what to name it (I have cancer for Pete's sake-like I need any additional mental strain). To most people, naming a blog is not something that would send them into a cold sweat. But for me, I stress over minute details like these. Do you go kitschy trying to work "breast" or "boob" into a cute catch phrase or go serious? Too much to think about and so I filed the thoughts of creating a blog into the very dark corners of my brain.

Over the past few months, many people have reached out to me claiming that they've been keeping up with my updates on Facebook and that they admire my strength and positive attitude (which I purposefully keep to a bare minimum when it comes to divulging the real TMI issues that I have experienced thus far in my treatment. After all, I am mindful that the boy who sat next to me in 8th grade science class did not sign up for the disclosure of those details). It wasn't until recently that a friend of mine mentioned that I should write a blog about my personal accounts dueling with the big 'C' and the thoughts that were tucked away in that dark remote space in my brain resurfaced. Now, the thought of posting to a blog was not quite as scary. And so the portmanteau of breast words began circling in my head.

The first part of my blog name came to me while relaxing poolside. I received a text from my sister - Uplifted Boobs has sent you a message. Yep, it's my sister's username. It always brings a smile to my face, just like my sister does. During this fight, one of the things that I draw on to get me through the down times is my sense of humor. It's a real slap in the face to cancer too...cancer may be able to take my hair, but not my laughter. So although my sister & I do not share the same style of tomfoolery, I tend to be more dry-witted and low key and my sister is more boisterous and over the top, it seemed appropriate to dedicate part of my blog name (which may also be interpreted as stealing) to her for her ability to make me laugh in any situation. Oh, and it also helped that the body part corresponded with the area of my body which has been inflicted by cancer and that when this combat is through & all that remains are the battle scars, I will be in possession of some uplifted boobs (not triple Ds but definitely lifted)...at least there is one perk to this whole cancer thing.

Which leaves the second part of the blog name, My Battle with Breast Cancer...um, think that is self-explanatory. Basically, I created this blog as a way to share my personal accounts with family & friends without the constraints of many public forums. I don't proclaim myself as being some sort of professional writer (I wasn't blessed with the wonderful talents that my husband possesses of putting words to paper so eloquently) so bear with me as I try to figure this whole blogging thing out.


So here we go...hope that you will join me on this journey.