My period is BAAAACK! 生理が戻ってきた（涙） Pose#480
I am super excited to have my period back yesterday after the breast cancer treatments. I was told that chemotherapy could damage my totally healthy ovaries and could strip away my period FOREVER (at the age 36). I welcome back my period with joy today!
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Regaining Senses on My Reconstructed Breast 再建乳房に感覚が出てくる。Pose #489
Teaching has been over awhile ago, but my treatments go on. I visited my plastic surgeon today, 3 weeks after the nipple reconstruction procedure. (I visited him last week, too.)
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YES, finally! I fulfilled my appetite! やっと食欲が満ち渡る！
It has been 6 months since my last chemotherapy. I have been craving food like crazy since then. Constantly fulfilling my appetite as much as I could. I am ... finally content.
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What to Say to Cancer Patient 癌患者にどう声をかけるか
When you want to reply back to a cancer patient, then describe your honest thoughts. That is the best way to go ---I am assuming you are a thoughtful person :-)! .
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Teaching Wednesday 水曜日授業の日
I was feeling a little nauseous after yesterday's cancer treatment. But at least I styled myself, inspired by this great spring weather in New York, and I felt good about it.
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14th Targeted Cancer Therapy & Teaching Tuesday 14回目の分子標的治療 Pose #790
East meets west style. A Cowgirl Japanese.
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Many 1st Anniversaries to Follow 多くの一年記念日が続く頃 Pose #449
From today on, many 1 year anniversaries are coming up for me. Exactly a year ago was the day I visited my family doctor requesting a mammography prescription for "just a check up." WOW, so many, I mean, so many things happened to me for this 1 year. Thank you so much for all of your supports to me from near to far. Knowing that I am not alone gave me the strength to be here standing strong today. Thank you!
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Wig Shopping ウィッグショッピング Study of Pose #572
Two of my colleagues took me out for a wig shopping today with them, after my regular Tuesday teaching. One of them started to come to the office with different wigs recently; what a nice surprise! I was surprised to see her with a new hair style the other day. I did not know until she told me that it was a wig. She totally nailed it!
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Attending Meetings ミーティングな一日 Pose #735
"TPO": Time, Place and Occasion. This is a made up acronym by the Japanese society and a widely used term today in Japan. It is used as TPO, as is in alphabets, in the Japanese language. That means people has to dress and behave according to a "TPO". It is used as "She was not considering the TPO for today's meeting." Either she dressed inappropriate for the meeting or used inappropriate tone of the language in the meeting. Some fashion magazines' editorials in Japan show a set of appropriate attires for a certain TPO, such as an office party TPO dresses, or weekend trip with a boyfriend TPO outfits.
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Teaching Tuesday 火曜日授業の日 Pose #569
Killer heels. I love these heels, but I cannot walk too long with them. If wearing some very casual piece on your clothing such as sweat pants, also wear something very feminine together. This makes a look interesting and fashionable.
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Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival 2015 in NYC 復活祭の帽子祭
Happy Easter! My debut for the NYC Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival. I bought the material last week, but I did not have the hat until the night before. I was not sure how this will turn out, but it turned out my favorite festive hat for this Easter.
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Option: A Cold Cap コールドキャップという選択
Keeping hair during chemotherapy, we have an option called a "cold cap." If I had more time to find out about this, I might have had this for me. I knew about this, but I just did not have time to consider and arrange this.
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Fashion Turban Lesson ファッションターバンのレッスン
One of my colleagues wanted to learn how to do the turban and asked me if I could demonstrate for her one day. We did it together and she looked so pretty in it (I should have taken some pictures! I was not sure if she was going to say OK for blog. Where should I take the pictures... etc. I thought of it too much and then could not have a nerve to ask then...).
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The Fault in Our Starts (Book) さよならを待つ二人のために
So many phrases I marked in this book, The Fault in Our Starts by John Green (2012). A fiction novel about a 16 years old girl, Hazel Grace, with thyroid cancer but now spread to her lungs. (The inspiration of this book came from the author's friend Esther Grace Earl.)
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Teaching Wednesday 水曜日授業の日
"This is not like me." "I did not want to do this." "I did not choose to do this." "It does not reflect my character."
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A fashion's possibility ファッションができること
People express themselves in many forms. I express myself in many forms, too, but in fashion in particular.
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