Hocus Pocus Diagnosis

The Magic Trick Set up: Seemingly healthy 35 year old woman Slight of hand: Random bi-lateral lactation leading to mammogram and biopsy Show of cards: Cancer One year ago today I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the breast. I didn’t see it coming. I had had a biopsy, as a mammogram had shown…

The Blog Barrier

Once this blog started picking up steam last summer, I was awarded a freedom I didn’t know I craved. I will call it ‘public seclusion.’ Public seclusion is the ability to disseminate information without any personal contact at all. I can share my deepest feelings and most private physical evolutions and reach thousands of women…

Secret Film Project Revealed

http://www.siskeljacobs.com/grace/ Remember when I hinted I may be involved in a film production? Well, the time is now, to introduce ‘Grace.’ I am beyond proud to be the subject of this short-form documentary film produced and directed by a young survivor herself, Rachel Pikelny. The film started production as I was finishing chemotherapy in September…