09/26/2025
๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐, ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ & ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐พ๐
Hi!
Susan here, the face behind Paws & Poses ๐พ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ
๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก! ๐ค๐ถ
With it falling during ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก, I wanted to take a moment to get a little personal and share part of my own story for those who donโt already know it.
Because while ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด is so important, ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐-๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .
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๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐, as a new mom of Irish Twins โ my girls were newly 4 months and 15 months old โ I found a painful lump by complete chance. I was straightening my hair for a rare girlsโ night out for my bestieโs birthday, and every time my arm brushed my right side, I felt a sharp pain that stopped me in my tracks. ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธโฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ. The next day I did a proper self-exam and found the cause โ a painful, deep lump.
I immediately called my doctorโs office but was met with nothing but pushback from the scheduler. I was made to feel like I was overreacting, making something out of nothing. I was told: ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ 40. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ 2 ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ 2 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ค๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ โ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต. ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ 3 ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ตโฆ
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. So I kept pushing until I was finally heard โ by an urgent care physician of all people โ because I wasnโt about to sit around waiting 3 months for an appointment after being told: ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐บ.
That urgent care doctor is someone I will forever be grateful for. He saw the fear and worry in my eyes. He heard me. And while he couldnโt order or follow up on the needed scans himself (as an RN, I knew that walking in โ my goal wasnโt to get answers that night, it was simply to be heard), he immediately made an after-hours doctor-to-doctor call, late on a Friday evening, while I stood right beside him at the nursesโ station. And that was the moment my doctor finally heard me โ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ. By the next week, I had a ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ scheduled back-to-back.
The following week, on ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ (๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ-๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ข๐บ), I was officially diagnosed with exactly that โ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ, ๐๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฅ๐.
What followed over the next year was a blur of chemo treatments, blood transfusions, a double mastectomy, radiation, and more doctor appointments, late-night ER trips, labs, tests, and scans than I can even begin to count.
Last week on ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก, exactly 2 weeks before Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicks off, marked my official ๐-๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ.
And while I am ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ that, as of my most recent PET scan, I am still โ๐๐๐โ (๐๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐), I know I will never be the same mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, nurse, puppy yoga lover, or โpersonโ in any sense of the word I was pre-cancer, because that chapter in my story shook me to my absolute core. Thatโs just my new reality. And I also know that these 2 girls of mine โ who are now 5 and 6 โ are my whole entire world and the entire reason I fought so hard and will continue to every single day. While all the โ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐งโ๐ดโ of the past and future still run through my mind non-stop, and while no one knows what tomorrow will bring, what I ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ is that ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ โ fast-growing, more likely to metastasize, and with a higher chance of recurrence after treatment compared to others. I truly donโt know that Iโd be here today if I had quietly accepted what I was told and waited 3 months to be seen. ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ โ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐.
Men โ encourage your ladies to speak up for themselves in a world where, most of the time, our worries and concerns are blown off as โ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ดโ and โ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ.โ
Ladies โ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
-๐๐๐๐๐!
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ, do them ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐!
You know your body best.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ป ๐
๐๐ ๐๐ป ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ป
Because if you donโt, who will? ๐๐ช๐ผ
With all that being saidโฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฌ & ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐! ๐พ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ๐
So put on your pink and join us on the mats at Yoga on Main with the most adorable and adoptable pups from White Rock Dog Rescue, Dallas, Tx! They will be joining us again for another amazing weekend, and like always, a portion of every ticket sold will be donated directly to them to support the incredible work they do while giving these sweet, deserving pups a second chance.
Letโs fill the room with all the ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ด, ๐ค๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ while honoring ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ โ and of course, still supporting all the amazing rescue pups! ๐๐ถ๐ค
๐๏ธ $68 per ticket
๐ Yoga On Main โ Frisco, TX
๐ October 19th
โฐ 1:00 PM โข 2:45 PM
๐ง๐ผ Ages 10+ welcome
๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค โ linktr.ee/paws.and.poses.texas
