Judy has been fighting breast cancer this year. Her blog begins with her email to friends during her diagnosis, and takes us on her journey through her surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation treatments. Throughout the journey, Judy candidly expresses her positive fighting spirit and her passion to see an end to cancer in this world.

Mar 16, 2011 /

Emails #2

Sent by my daughter the day after surgery:

Hello everyone,

My mom asked me to send out an email to you all to let you know that she was released from the hospital this afternoon, and is home and doing well.

She did have some complications yesterday, and needed to have a second surgery in...

Feb 22, 2011 /

Emails #1

My name is Judy and I am fighting breast cancer. I am honoured to be chosen to write a blog on the Living Downstream website. I have been fighting cancer for awhile, so this first blog is comprised of emails that I wrote to friends when I was first diagnosed. As Dr. Steingraber says in the film,...

Jan 17, 2011 /

First Entry

Check back here for my first blog entry soon!

Judy is the mother of three grown daughters and has been an organic farmer, teacher and office manager. Judy became active in the environmental movement in 1989, and has shared her knowledge of composting, waste reduction, and organic growing for 20 years.