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About Me
- Penny
- Israel
- I live in Israel with my husband, teenage son and daughter and 3 cats. I have lived here for the last 10 years, and I love it. I was born in London,UK and have also lived in New York and Moscow. I trained as a dentist, but didn't really work much in the field - I travelled too much, and prefer crafting! 7 years ago, at the age of 35, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I went through all the terrible treatment, came out the other side, and was doing very well - even took part in 5 triathlons! But a year ago, I started experiencing terrible lower back pain, which was misdiagnosed by the hospital as herniated discs. It was only finally in April of this year(2008) that I discovered that my breast cancer had spread to my bones and a couple of lymph nodes. I had some radiation, and then started weekly chemotherapy in May. I have to endure this for at least a year. So far I am responding quite well to the treatment. So I envision this blog as a place to record my progress. Maybe it will help someone else who is going through a similar experience. Maybe it will help me to deal with my fate. We shall see.