Once I’d received the official diagnosis, I called my husband. I eventually called my parents. Thank goodness my parents didn’t answer the phone, because I was a bit choked up leaving a message that went something like, “I had some mammograms and biopsies done. I’ve got breast cancer, but only on one side. Check your email please.” I ended up…
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross introduced the five stages of grief in her 1969 work On Death and Dying. In school, I memorized the stages at DABDA – Denial, Anger, Bargaining...
