Amy Ginsburg
@authoramy.bsky.social
Author of The After Days. Embracing the many joys of retirement despite ovarian cancer. Enthusiastic but minimally-talented crafter, bread baker, golfer, and pickleballer living in Maryland and Delaware.
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Amy Ginsburg
@authoramy.bsky.social
· Jan 19
An introduction.
🩷 Digging retirement life after a career in nonprofits.
💜 Wrote The After Days and currently polishing second novel.
🩵 Embracing a years-long (hopefully) DIY make-a-wish program thanks to ovarian cancer.
💛 Bake bread, do crafty projects, play pickleball and golf, & adore travel.
🩷 Digging retirement life after a career in nonprofits.
💜 Wrote The After Days and currently polishing second novel.
🩵 Embracing a years-long (hopefully) DIY make-a-wish program thanks to ovarian cancer.
💛 Bake bread, do crafty projects, play pickleball and golf, & adore travel.
There had to be 1000 people at my suburban Maryland No Kings protest, 3 times as many people in June. Maybe our democracy still has a chance to survive.
October 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
There had to be 1000 people at my suburban Maryland No Kings protest, 3 times as many people in June. Maybe our democracy still has a chance to survive.
I don't post often these days, but it's Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. (I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Ovarian Cancer 3 years ago & it recurred a year ago. Thanks to chemo & Lynparza, my nodules are now "too small to measure" so I'm doing well.) If you have these symptoms, see your doctor. #cansky
September 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I don't post often these days, but it's Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. (I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Ovarian Cancer 3 years ago & it recurred a year ago. Thanks to chemo & Lynparza, my nodules are now "too small to measure" so I'm doing well.) If you have these symptoms, see your doctor. #cansky
My CA125 (a ovarian cancer marker) has risen 50% - whether due to disease progression or intestinal inflammation from Lynparza side effects is the big question. Until blood work and a CT scan in 2 weeks, like Schrodingers cat, I both do and do not have disease progression. Waiting sucks. #cancer
June 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My CA125 (a ovarian cancer marker) has risen 50% - whether due to disease progression or intestinal inflammation from Lynparza side effects is the big question. Until blood work and a CT scan in 2 weeks, like Schrodingers cat, I both do and do not have disease progression. Waiting sucks. #cancer
And so starts the civil war. Or at least a war on our civil rights. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Live Updates: Trump to Send National Guard to L.A. to Quell Immigration Protests
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
And so starts the civil war. Or at least a war on our civil rights. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Roughly 1 in 20 Americans living today is a cancer survivor, and roughly 40% of us will get a cancer diagnosis at some point.
Today, June 1, is National Cancer Survivors Day #NCSD2025, a reminder of how essential it is that we continue and extend the work of #CancerResearch!
Today, June 1, is National Cancer Survivors Day #NCSD2025, a reminder of how essential it is that we continue and extend the work of #CancerResearch!
June 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Roughly 1 in 20 Americans living today is a cancer survivor, and roughly 40% of us will get a cancer diagnosis at some point.
Today, June 1, is National Cancer Survivors Day #NCSD2025, a reminder of how essential it is that we continue and extend the work of #CancerResearch!
Today, June 1, is National Cancer Survivors Day #NCSD2025, a reminder of how essential it is that we continue and extend the work of #CancerResearch!
Not good. Not good at all
The Trump administration’s billion-dollar cuts to the National Institutes of Health include a $2.7 billion blow to the National Cancer Institute slashing more than a third of its funding. “For the past 50 years, every significant medical breakthrough, especially in the treatment of cancer,
May 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Not good. Not good at all
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"Cancer is cured, the economy grows at 10% a year, the budget is balanced — and 20% of people don't have jobs."
Interesting. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
Interesting. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath
Hardly anyone is paying attention.
www.axios.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"Cancer is cured, the economy grows at 10% a year, the budget is balanced — and 20% of people don't have jobs."
Interesting. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
Interesting. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
As someone with advanced ovarian cancer, it is slightly horrifying to have one's lethal disease quantified as a market. Then again, a larger market probably equals more chances of a cure.
#cansky #cancersky #cancer #ovariancancee
linkewire.com/2025/05/26/o...
#cansky #cancersky #cancer #ovariancancee
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Ovarian Cancer Market Projected to Reach USD 35.00 Billion by 2034, Growing at a CAGR of 24.1%
Market Overview Polaris Market Research’s latest research report, titled Ovarian Cancer Market, offers a comprehensive and data-driven analysis of the mar
linkewire.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As someone with advanced ovarian cancer, it is slightly horrifying to have one's lethal disease quantified as a market. Then again, a larger market probably equals more chances of a cure.
#cansky #cancersky #cancer #ovariancancee
linkewire.com/2025/05/26/o...
#cansky #cancersky #cancer #ovariancancee
linkewire.com/2025/05/26/o...
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Woman’s life-saving treatment delayed by Trump cuts to NIH: ‘Cancer shouldn’t be political’
A 43-year-old woman and mother of two with advanced cancer is experiencing life-or-death delays in treatment because of the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
A 43-year-old woman and mother of two with advanced cancer is experiencing life-or-death delays in treatment because of the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Woman’s life-saving treatment delayed by Trump cuts to NIH: ‘Cancer shouldn’t be political’
Natalie Phelps, who has stage 4 colorectal cancer, has raised the alarm over how patients in the agency’s clinical trials are facing setbacks in treatment
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Woman’s life-saving treatment delayed by Trump cuts to NIH: ‘Cancer shouldn’t be political’
A 43-year-old woman and mother of two with advanced cancer is experiencing life-or-death delays in treatment because of the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
A 43-year-old woman and mother of two with advanced cancer is experiencing life-or-death delays in treatment because of the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The New Wilderness is an interesting take on a bleak future where living off the land is one of the few viable options left in a polluted, dire America.
#booksky #bookreview #novels #dystopianfiction
#booksky #bookreview #novels #dystopianfiction
May 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The New Wilderness is an interesting take on a bleak future where living off the land is one of the few viable options left in a polluted, dire America.
#booksky #bookreview #novels #dystopianfiction
#booksky #bookreview #novels #dystopianfiction
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Reposted by Amy Ginsburg
‼️ ATTENTION SENIORS
REPUBLICANS are gonna CUT $500 billion from MEDICARE
Yup, Republicans' "Big Bill" has a hidden poison pill in it that triggers half a trillion dollars in CUTS TO MEDICARE
Call your Representative and Senators and demand they remove the Medicare poison pill (202) 224-3121
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REPUBLICANS are gonna CUT $500 billion from MEDICARE
Yup, Republicans' "Big Bill" has a hidden poison pill in it that triggers half a trillion dollars in CUTS TO MEDICARE
Call your Representative and Senators and demand they remove the Medicare poison pill (202) 224-3121
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May 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
‼️ ATTENTION SENIORS
REPUBLICANS are gonna CUT $500 billion from MEDICARE
Yup, Republicans' "Big Bill" has a hidden poison pill in it that triggers half a trillion dollars in CUTS TO MEDICARE
Call your Representative and Senators and demand they remove the Medicare poison pill (202) 224-3121
1/2
REPUBLICANS are gonna CUT $500 billion from MEDICARE
Yup, Republicans' "Big Bill" has a hidden poison pill in it that triggers half a trillion dollars in CUTS TO MEDICARE
Call your Representative and Senators and demand they remove the Medicare poison pill (202) 224-3121
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Well, that sucks. I would have loved a next-generation treatment for my ovarian cancer.
Listen: The NIH is freezing funding to several universities, including Northwestern University where a lab working on next-generation treatments for ovarian and pancreatic cancer is no longer able to continue what a head professor says is “promising research.” www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...
Frozen NIH funds halt some cancer research at Northwestern
A lab working on next-generation treatments for ovarian and pancreatic cancer is no longer able to continue what a head professor says is “promising research.”
www.wbez.org
May 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Well, that sucks. I would have loved a next-generation treatment for my ovarian cancer.
The Democratic staff's analysis also reported a 31% decline in cancer research grant funding in the first three months of 2025, compared to the same timeframe in the previous year.
www.axios.com/2025/05/19/n...
www.axios.com/2025/05/19/n...
NIH funding cuts put current and future cancer patients at risk
Cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the U.S.
www.axios.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Democratic staff's analysis also reported a 31% decline in cancer research grant funding in the first three months of 2025, compared to the same timeframe in the previous year.
www.axios.com/2025/05/19/n...
www.axios.com/2025/05/19/n...
In The Frozen River, a strong, tenacious woman provides fascinating insights into life in early American history. Highly recommend.
#booksky #bookreview #readingcommunitt
#booksky #bookreview #readingcommunitt
May 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In The Frozen River, a strong, tenacious woman provides fascinating insights into life in early American history. Highly recommend.
#booksky #bookreview #readingcommunitt
#booksky #bookreview #readingcommunitt
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Here’s what a GOP plan could mean for different Americans next year:
People making under $17,000 a year: lose an average of around $1,000.
People making between ~$17,000 and $51,000: lose an average of around $700.
People in the top 0.1%: gain an average of over $389,000.
People making under $17,000 a year: lose an average of around $1,000.
People making between ~$17,000 and $51,000: lose an average of around $700.
People in the top 0.1%: gain an average of over $389,000.
May 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Here’s what a GOP plan could mean for different Americans next year:
People making under $17,000 a year: lose an average of around $1,000.
People making between ~$17,000 and $51,000: lose an average of around $700.
People in the top 0.1%: gain an average of over $389,000.
People making under $17,000 a year: lose an average of around $1,000.
People making between ~$17,000 and $51,000: lose an average of around $700.
People in the top 0.1%: gain an average of over $389,000.
Decided (with my doctor) to decrease my dose of Lynparza due to side effects that were compromising my ability to fully enjoy my life.
Of course, now I worry the dosage reduction might mean the drug's not as effective at preventing a second recurrence of my #ovariancancer. UGH!
#cancersky #cancer
Of course, now I worry the dosage reduction might mean the drug's not as effective at preventing a second recurrence of my #ovariancancer. UGH!
#cancersky #cancer
May 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Decided (with my doctor) to decrease my dose of Lynparza due to side effects that were compromising my ability to fully enjoy my life.
Of course, now I worry the dosage reduction might mean the drug's not as effective at preventing a second recurrence of my #ovariancancer. UGH!
#cancersky #cancer
Of course, now I worry the dosage reduction might mean the drug's not as effective at preventing a second recurrence of my #ovariancancer. UGH!
#cancersky #cancer
Democrats need to get so much better at marketing.
May 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Democrats need to get so much better at marketing.
Beautyland - what a gorgeous story. It's the rare author who can turn mundane observations into heart-wrenching and profound revelations.
#booksky #bookreview #readingcommunity #fiction
#booksky #bookreview #readingcommunity #fiction
May 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Beautyland - what a gorgeous story. It's the rare author who can turn mundane observations into heart-wrenching and profound revelations.
#booksky #bookreview #readingcommunity #fiction
#booksky #bookreview #readingcommunity #fiction
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Today we recognize World Ovarian Cancer Day – @ovariancanceruk.bsky.social @ovacome.bsky.social
A time to raise awareness of one of the most challenging cancers to detect early.
💚 Let's talk about risks, symptoms, diagnosis, and myths – because knowledge saves lives.
A time to raise awareness of one of the most challenging cancers to detect early.
💚 Let's talk about risks, symptoms, diagnosis, and myths – because knowledge saves lives.
May 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Today we recognize World Ovarian Cancer Day – @ovariancanceruk.bsky.social @ovacome.bsky.social
A time to raise awareness of one of the most challenging cancers to detect early.
💚 Let's talk about risks, symptoms, diagnosis, and myths – because knowledge saves lives.
A time to raise awareness of one of the most challenging cancers to detect early.
💚 Let's talk about risks, symptoms, diagnosis, and myths – because knowledge saves lives.