Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: An Ode to the MothersFrom a very young age, I was firmly in the camp of being a DINKWAD (Double Income, No Kids, With a Dog). I wore that status like a badge of…Sep 15Sep 15
Rachel PetersonWhy I Ran 100 MilesI think most endurance athletes would tell you the longer you choose to push your body, the more demons you have to outrun. Setting out for…Aug 8, 2022Aug 8, 2022
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: Why I Removed My Ovaries at Age 29Earlier this week, I had a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. In layman’s terms: I had both of my ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. What…Nov 8, 2021Nov 8, 2021
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: The Truth About Surviving CancerI haven’t written as much about post-cancer life and survivorship. And it’s not because I don’t have anything to write about. It’s the…Dec 15, 2020Dec 15, 2020
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: One Year Cancer Free“Rachel. This is Dr. Walling. I couldn’t wait to tell you this news. Your pathology came back. There is no evidence of disease. You are…Jul 31, 2020Jul 31, 2020
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: It’s OK to Just SurviveI’ve tried to put pen to paper for many days. Each piece I begin feels unimportant, mundane, repetitive. I don’t know how to fit my voice…Apr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: Comfortable CoastingOne of my favorite books is Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari. It’s this beautiful amalgamation of humor and sociological insight about the…Jan 23, 2020Jan 23, 2020
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: Time Doesn’t Heal All WoundsI’ve been silent for a long while now. And I think the general assumption when silence happens after something traumatic is that life has…Oct 30, 2019Oct 30, 2019
Rachel PetersonWhy I Took Topless Photos After My Mastectomy6:30 AM. I am fully robed. Sitting on the cold, wet sand looking out over a foggy Elk Lake. I am sitting next to Whitney. Her arm is…Sep 10, 2019Sep 10, 2019
