Tag Archives: Overcoming

NASA announced on Wednesday that the problem would prevent the spacecraft from reaching the ISS as scheduled. Engineers ultimately determined the engine’s early shutdown was caused by onboard software designed to protect the spacecraft from a potential problem. Data transmitted from the spacecraft back to Northrop Grumman’s mission control center in Northern Virginia confirmed the engine itself operated normally. The …

I had a double mastectomy when I was 40 years old in 1997. I was married and had two children under the age of 11.  Cutting off my breasts when I didn’t have cancer seemed radical, but it wasn’t radical to me. I have the BRCA1 gene mutation. That means I have a 60% chance of getting ovarian cancer and …

I had a double mastectomy when I was 40 years old in 1997. I was married and had two children under the age of 11.  Cutting off my breasts when I didn’t have cancer seemed radical, but it wasn’t radical to me. I have the BRCA1 gene mutation. That means I have a 60% chance of getting ovarian cancer and …