About me.
My name is Nicole and I’m a hoopy frood who really knows where her towel’s at. I’m a thirtyish (I’m refusing to use the phrase “thirtysomething”. It’s so 80s. I’m sure it’s copyrighted somewhere anyway.) (ETA 2010) part-time music teacher! SAHM and non-practicing musician who has become a knitting fiber addict. I have been married to my wonderful DH for 10! years (yes we got married in 2000 JUST so it was easy to count.) I was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer in January of 2008 and am still in the middle of reconstruction. ETA 2012 diagnosed with metastic disease to the bones. I’m not a big fan of the fightinging breast cancer metaphor. I’ve lost too many friends to whom it seems an insult that they didn’t fight hard enough. I will go into treatment again and live the best that I can for as long as I can. This I will promise. Maybe I’ll finally write that book.
Throws Like A Girl 
12 responses to “About me.”
Becka
June 15th, 2008 at 18:05
Holy crap, Estes totally counts for WWKIP day!
Carrie
June 18th, 2008 at 14:06
Hi ,
I wanted to reach out to you and the “Throws Like a Girl” readers with some information about the New York Liberty’s upcoming history-breaking “Liberty Outdoor Classic”. On Saturday, July 19th the Liberty will play the Indiana Fever in what will be the first regular season outdoor game in professional basketball history. The game will take place at Arthur Ashe Stadium (the home of tennis’ U.S. Open), and a portion of the proceeds from the historic game’s ticket sales will go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Come be a part of professional basketball history on July 19th!
For more information about the 2008 “Outdoor Classic”, please head here: http://www.wnba.com/liberty/news/outdoor_classic_2008.html
Katherine
August 26th, 2008 at 06:12
Hi there. I work for the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. We are going to start featuring patient blogs on our web site as a way to help other patients get a better understanding of the treatments as well as gain courage from your struggle. Would you allow us to include a link to you?
Elliot Watson
September 2nd, 2008 at 16:52
Hi Nicole,
I’m the Product Management Intern at Trusera, a network of people sharing real-world health experiences.
We’re currently focusing on building a breast cancer community and are looking to recruit bloggers to assist us.
I’m extremely interested in adding you to the mix. I’ve read through your blog and really think you can add a lot of helpful information to the Trusera site. The stories you’ve shared about your personal experiences with breast cancer are very interesting, informative, and well-written and would surely benefit others with similar issues. We would love for you to write for our website! and we are certainly prepared to pay you for your time.
If you’re interested please contact me at watson@trusera.com and I’ll gladly explain the details of the program to you.
If you’d like to check out Trusera,
our website is http://www.trusera.com
Take care,
Elliot Watson
Crystal
October 10th, 2008 at 08:34
Hi, Nicole. I have an inforamtional website that focuses on cancer with a subsection on breast cancer that I think you may find beneficial. I was hoping to talk to you about getting a link on your site. If you could please contact me at the email I have left. Thanks. I hope you have a great Friday and a great weekend.
Jodi
November 4th, 2008 at 16:35
Hi, Nicole! Thanks for swinging by Happyhousequilts.blogspot.com of course you can link to my art therapy post…i didn’t know how to contact you so I hope this way was ok?
blessings, Jodi
ps…i hope to visit your site more often in the future….when i’m feeling better….be well my cyber friend, be well
mary beth volpini
June 1st, 2009 at 10:57
email me your contact info… so I can call you while I am in Denver!!!!
sfoleyajn
June 30th, 2009 at 10:42
Hi Nicole,
I’m a senior editor at the American Journal of Nursing. I recently edited a two-parter on post-breast cancer lymphedema. Thanks for writing so engagingly about your own experiences.
I thought you’d like to know that your blog got an appreciative mention in a post I wrote this morning for AJN’s blog Off the Charts (http://ajnoffthecharts.wordpress.com/). Here’s the link to the post: http://bit.ly/LRgox.
All the best,
Sylvia Foley
AJN senior editor
sylvia.foley@wolterskluwer.com
RivkA (Coffee and Chemo)
November 18th, 2009 at 05:25
What’s a frood???
throwslikeagirl74
November 18th, 2009 at 08:13
It’s a reference to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. I’ve been thinking of taking it out of my “about” file since it’s kind of obscure. 🙂
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RivkA (Coffee and Chemo)
November 18th, 2009 at 10:56
Don’t take it out! It’s cute!! And a sign that I should reread the series!! I figured that it had something to do with that (because of the towel) but it also sounded like a word Tolkien might make up….
sagewind/aunt pat
August 26th, 2012 at 21:45
Dear Nicole, Dick told me about the cancer the last time we spoke. I have drug my feet about checking your blog as I hated to hear how difficult it is for the woman I still remember as a blond rosy cheeked four year old who was so incredibly grown up. You are on our prayer chain here in Christmas Valley and I have given some of my friends your blog information. I pray that your faith will again see you through this test and that the world will be so much better off for your presence in it. You have already givgiven so mjuch. Aunt Pat