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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

RT @BookPal_US: @andreahttn Congrats! "Bald is Better with Earrings" made it to our best-selling health books of 2015! Check it out: https://t.co/Yak8SQ8iZN


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December 29, 2015 at 02:28PM
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

RT @Mot_quotes: When you run from something, it only stays with you longer. If you fight something, it only makes you stronger.


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December 23, 2015 at 01:51PM
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RT @UppityCancerP: Vaccine & Immunotherapy Trials for Metastatic Breast Cancer https://t.co/msUKwGLsa6 @jenniegrimes @CultPerfectMoms


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December 23, 2015 at 01:49PM
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Saturday, December 19, 2015

RT @KirstyTV: "A true friend is one who upon seeing a fault gives you advice and defends you in your absence." - Unknown #quote


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December 19, 2015 at 06:13AM
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Monday, December 14, 2015

The sooner the better - Breast Cancer Survival Falls With Late Therapy https://t.co/2JQuelvV2B


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December 14, 2015 at 09:38AM
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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Oh no - Backslide on my backside! https://t.co/6BwP1tEMWZ


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December 10, 2015 at 08:55AM
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6 years out - can I still blame cancer for my fatigue? https://t.co/JaqsEeDvXd


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December 10, 2015 at 07:41AM
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Sunday, November 15, 2015

RT @strongfitness3: Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. - J.K. Rowling


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November 15, 2015 at 09:59AM
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RT @theNCI: Study Identifies New Opportunities for Targeted Immunotherapy https://t.co/rHireoqruT #ImmunoOnc #hpbcsm https://t.co/FHXMhpGVyo


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November 15, 2015 at 09:56AM
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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Thursday, November 5, 2015

RT @CureDiva: "The problem with being told you're strong all the time is that it becomes hard to be weak. - Now is the time to let go -"- words to live...


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November 05, 2015 at 07:43AM
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RT @sinead_mehigan: @charleymackesy @OlivierBranford - Agree - kindness makes life so much better for so many... https://t.co/sXymplgwSu


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November 05, 2015 at 07:41AM
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Monday, November 2, 2015

Pinktober is over, but breast cancer doesn't know that. Women get diagnosed every day. #NotJustInOctober


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November 02, 2015 at 10:41AM
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Sunday, November 1, 2015

Clear scans! Six years later and I still get nervous. Phew! #NotJustInOctober


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November 01, 2015 at 09:16AM
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Friday, October 30, 2015

RT @fckboobiecancer: It's Friday .... Sprinkle a little kindness into the world today!


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October 30, 2015 at 07:54AM
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I did! #selfexam https://t.co/SHG6JXzPlD


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October 30, 2015 at 07:53AM
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Good advice! https://t.co/ROnK6xQwrK


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October 30, 2015 at 07:43AM
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Everything Has Changed: A Breast Cancer Survivor’s New Relationship With Her Body https://t.co/eZWidjSuF0


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October 28, 2015 at 02:26PM
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Article is titled incorrectly but ok read for tips after diagnosis. Not groundbreaking but good reminders https://t.co/QF8SEOIa0l


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October 28, 2015 at 07:50AM
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Getting my scan this morning #radioactive #IHateNeedles


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October 28, 2015 at 07:44AM
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Sunday, October 18, 2015

Great Making Strides event yesterday!

Thank you for asking me to speak at yesterday's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.

photo of yesterday's event

Thank you for the great review!

Review of Bald is Better with Earrings

RT @fitnes_s_tips: Stop looking for reasons not to be happy and start living for reasons why you are.


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October 18, 2015 at 08:38AM
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So important. I found my own cancer. https://t.co/KuAooIIiDs


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October 18, 2015 at 07:55AM
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Also requires multiple surgeries & results are mixed. 42% of women have reconstruction. It's complicated https://t.co/5uXeF1NCpx


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October 18, 2015 at 07:54AM
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Friday, October 16, 2015

RT @RequireF: DeAngelo Williams can't wear pink, but can and will pay for 53 mammograms http://t.co/aw97d0CGk1


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October 16, 2015 at 06:58PM
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Do patients fail therapies, or do the therapies fail them? #breastcancer http://t.co/5EYIu6kmtv


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October 16, 2015 at 09:45AM
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Ankle to Knee - Yoga at Your Desk? - Health Mobile http://t.co/z2s7uEzmHH


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October 16, 2015 at 08:26AM
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Thursday, October 15, 2015

#breastcancer #Survivor - we know this to be true! https://t.co/fP5XRCiOlW


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October 15, 2015 at 06:31PM
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RT @TruVibeOrganics: Is anyone willing to admit they had "salad" for dinner? #humor #funny #TruVibeOrganics http://t.co/yZZN3c5wMW


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October 15, 2015 at 06:29PM
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RT @AmericanCancer: Drinking alcohol is linked to a higher risk of #cancer. Learn more: http://t.co/luoU3qAojN http://t.co/hBmkXRvpIu


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October 15, 2015 at 05:10PM
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RT @fredhutch: Living with stage IV: Life w/metastatic breast cancer: https://t.co/dTcGSxtIKj #MetastaticSayIt #MBCAware #MBC #bcsm http://t.co/bHPhLbwu3y


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October 15, 2015 at 04:27AM
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Thank you Fran Drescher for an informative and interesting Women's Health Summit yesterday in LA @frandrescher http://t.co/UU3rukIzvr


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October 14, 2015 at 11:59AM
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Ten breast cancer findings. http://t.co/obbEKB2Nd3


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October 14, 2015 at 09:15AM
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Thank you Fran Drescher for a fantastic day #womenshealthsummit @frandrescher


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October 14, 2015 at 08:20AM
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

What To Do When You Find a Breast Lump - Breast Cancer - Health Mobile http://t.co/6H6aHBAi3f


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October 13, 2015 at 04:06PM
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My book at the Women's Health Summit @frandrescher http://t.co/t9YY1OBK6Y


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October 13, 2015 at 09:47AM
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October 13, 2015 at 09:46AM
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Monday, October 12, 2015

After Chemo, can I still have a bad hair day? http://t.co/VC95Hcw6ug


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October 12, 2015 at 02:21PM
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RT @AmericanCancer: Happiness is rarely simple, but it's easier when you stay grateful. #MondayMotivation http://t.co/UNdfCE69vL


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October 12, 2015 at 01:13PM
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Next stop http://t.co/GLdCYhBzRY


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October 12, 2015 at 08:55AM
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Seattle book events

I'm super excited that I'll be doing two book events in Seattle in October.

Friday, Oct 2nd, 6:30pm at Third Place Books

Monday, Oct 5th, in conjunction with the NFL's A Crucial Catch program, I will be at the Seahawks game in Touchdown City with the American Cancer Society's Making Strides table. Come see me! I'm working on getting books donated to give away at the game. Fingers Crossed!

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Book Talk Wednesday, July 29th in Oakland, CA

If you're near Oakland, CA on Wednesday, July 29th, come hear me talk at 7pm

A Great Good Place for Books
6120 LaSalle Ave.
Oakland, CA 94611 
In Montclair Village

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

It's publication day! Bald is Better with Earrings - A Survivors Guide to Getting Through Breast Cancer is now available wherever books are sold. I'm also pleased to share another good review. This one from Booklist

Bald Is Better with Earrings: A Survivor's Guide to Getting through Breast Cancer.
Hutton, Andrea (Author)
Jul 2015. 224 p. HarperWave, paperback, $17.99. (9780062375650). 616.99.
“How-to-survive” breast-cancer handbooks are proliferating as many women (and a few men) are tested, retested, diagnosed, and submitted to cancer surgery, which can sometimes mean losing one or both breasts. Follow-ups can vary from nothing to aggressive courses of chemotherapy and radiation, and survivors’ guidebooks like Hutton’s frequently claim to dissipate terror and prepare the newly diagnosed for what will follow. But nothing can. Still, Hutton’s transformation into “Cancer Girl” motivated her to start a blog, then, recognizing that her intense research didn’t prepare her for her cancer journey, expand it into this straightforward, often humorous, no-nonsense, step-by-step, tip-filled text. No single guide can be all-inclusive since cancer cases vary widely, but Hutton’s “Top Tips” for choosing a surgeon, understanding and handling radiation and chemo, dealing with your new self-image and scars, approaching post-surgery sex, managing side effects from treatments and accompanying medications, and getting on with your life will help many.
— Whitney Scott

Friday, July 3, 2015

I am so excited to announce that Bald is Better with Earrings has been named one of Amazon's Best Books of July!

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Bald is Better with Earrings by Andrea Hutton

The next review is out!


 Library Journal Advance Reviews 
May 15, 2015 
Hutton, Andrea. 
Bald Is Better with Earrings: A Survivor’s Guide to Getting Through Breast Cancer. 
Harper Wave. Jul. 2015. 224p. ISBN 9780062375650. pap. $17.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062375674. HEALTH 
Interior designer Hutton was 41 in 2009 when she became a member of the CSC, Cancer Sucks Club. She went through a year’s worth of tests, diagnosis, surgery, and treatment and, in what began as a blog to keep friends and family updated, here lays it all out, in meticulous detail, for those enduring the same experience. Going for a humorous tone, the author describes her cancer journey and supplements it with list upon list of top tips to consider, plus sidebars on everything from fitting a bra to finding just the right scarf. Other titles have sought to personalize the cancer life for the newly diagnosed (e.g., Teresa J. Rhyne’s The Dog Lived (and So Will I) and Melanie Young’s Getting Things off My Chest), but Hutton digs down to the nittiest and the grittiest, for example, allergic reactions to chemo drugs and the minutiae of port maintenance. VERDICT Readers will be equally overwhelmed and overjoyed by Hutton’s prescriptions. This book could be a lifesaver for breast cancer club members

—Bette-Lee Fox, Library Journal 

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The first review of Bald is Better with Earrings!  From Publisher's Weekly


link to article

Bald Is Better with Earrings: A Survivor’s Guide to Getting Through Breast Cancer


Andrea Hutton, Author
Breast cancer survivor Hutton offers a wealth of insider knowledge on exactly what to expect of the “emotional and physical roller coaster” involved in battling the disease. Hutton offers both serious and lighthearted suggestions for getting through early testing, advising readers to “never go to a mammogram alone” and rating the flavors of pre-PET/CT scan barium milk (“mocha is the best”). She provides tips for choosing the appropriate surgery and information on breast prostheses, noting wryly that the proprietors of stores selling these tend to be well-endowed women, evidence of a possible “conspiracy.” A chapter on chemotherapy covers preliminaries, aftercare, and side effects before delving into the big conundrum: “how and when to shave your head.” Hutton explains basic care for synthetic and real-hair wigs and compassionately addresses potential feelings of a loss of femininity. She illuminates some less-discussed treatment side effects like “steroid rage,” fingernail breakage, loss of eyelashes, and radiation fatigue. On the interpersonal level, Hutton discusses best practices for telling your family your diagnosis and categorizes different reactions loved ones tend to have, while giving permission to “lash out appropriately.” Finally, Hutton reflects on the ongoing stress of continued screening, noting, “Once you’ve crossed the street, you’re stuck on this side forever.” While there is no universal cancer experience, Hutton covers the most likely scenarios in detailed fashion with grace, empathy, and humor. (July)