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If there's anything you can do ...
We are grateful for all the expressions of “If there’s anything we can do …” so many of you have offered the last couple months. We know...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jul 29, 2015


Decisions, decisions ...
Late last week, I had a few/several good cries as I wrestled with the thought of deciding between a lumpectomy and a mastectomy based on...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jul 23, 2015


Come on, starting line ...
Just when I thought I was inches away from the starting line of my treatment, I get another wave of information — including differing...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jul 15, 2015


I'm on a roll ... more good news!
Happy breaking news, part 2: The biopsy results of the whatzamawhoozit in my right breast revealed NO CANCER! Benign with a capital B,...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jul 2, 2015


More areas of concern, more ultrasounds and lots of deep breaths
I wish I had some "phew!" news to share about last week's MRI. Instead, I'm bracing for another round of ultrasounds — this time to get...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jun 30, 2015


That stinkin' rule of threes
As many of you saw on Facebook, that third shoe I was waiting to drop dropped good and hard — except the shoe wasn't a shoe, it was my...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jun 22, 2015


MRI, genetic testing, second opinion ... root canal?!
I met with a fantastic Group Health surgeon today. Dr. Gerald Kent spent more than an hour talking me and Sean through my diagnosis,...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jun 17, 2015


Team Liz times two
A few weeks ago, I made a donation to a 140-mile bike ride that my friend Paul Jaye is doing with his father, sister and cousin to raise...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jun 14, 2015


Shock, awe and (yes, I'm serious) gratitude
The shock: I have breast cancer. That's the worst part of this awful news I wish I didn't have to share. The awe: how fortunate I...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jun 12, 2015


My cancer starting line
Sometimes I think in book titles. The one that came to mind as I embarked on the most challenging chapter in my life: The Good Kind of a...
Liz Murtaugh Gillespie
Jun 11, 2015
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