Judy Richter

Okay, so I have regrettably put my dental hygiene on the back burner since my diagnosis. Surgery, radiation, and chemo intervened, and then our dental insurance lapsed. Now that I am feeling better emotionally and physically, I started to research new dental plans because most major medical plans don’t include it or it’s grossly expensive…

Okay, that’s a lot to expound upon in a very limited time/space frame. Angels are the easiest to address, and deserve repeated and ongoing accolades of thanks and gratitude ad infinitum, for now and all time.  I have been blessed with many angels in my life, some that I have recognized and probably many more…

This is for all you ladies out there who may be in the dark (as I was) about various breast and brassiere issues on this side of recovery.  First of all, if you had a lumpectomy, your affected breast will continue to shrink (and swell and shrink and swell) post treatment, with the long term…

I woke up this morning in a major funk, and realized that I was absolutely dreading my 6 month exam and labs at the Mayo.  I don’t think I ever dwelled on the self-pitying thought of “why me” throughout my now going on three year BC journey, until maybe now.  But to clarify, I am…

I feel like a little girl, running home with my latest crayola “work of art”, hoping against hope that it will be acceptable enough to be posted on the fridge.  I guess since I did not get the appreciation and kudos for any of my efforts as a child, I am making up for it…

I realized as soon as I hit enter on my last post that I had not accurately conveyed my feelings re FEAR.  When I reread it, it sounded so morosely depressing. That was not my intention.  What I wanted to share is that I am mesmerized by the epiphany I experienced in meditation that seemingly…

As I continue my epic journey to find inner peace, conscious calm and spiritual bliss, I am consistently being confronted with the notion of fear.  I have never considered myself a fearful person.  Quite the opposite, acutally. My whole life I have embraced adventure and jumped off many more cliffs than even I can believe,…

I was hunkered down under several comforters this weekend fighting off round 2 of the flu…round 1 in November was really horrendous, so I must be getting stronger and/or creating a few new antibodies, because I am feeling much better today.  I’d prefer to believe that my immune system is rebounding at lightening warp speed…

Where did the time go, we wonder, as we prepare to leave 2014 and enter a new, hopefully prosperous and healthy New Year.   As a survivor, and as a wife of a survivor, I have examined and re-examined ad nauseum my life, my food choices, my level of activity, my choice of endeavors and, perhaps…