Dear Fran Drescher

Dear Fran, I have been driving myself crazy with this no-sugar bender I’ve been on. Thirty days I lasted with no sugar. Thirty. I finally broke down and had a few homemade chocolate chip oatmeal cookies on Saturday night. They were delicious. A bit sweet, but still delicious. I’ve been sneezing ever since because chocolate […]

Dear Fran, How is your week going? You’d be pretty proud of me. I haven’t had any sugar since October 20. Zero. Nada. Zilch. Fran? Fran? Hello? Hm. You must have fallen off your chair. I know: it’s pretty unbelievable, eh? First of all, I requested that Haley, my naturopath, order a hemoglobin A1C blood […]

Dear Fran, I can’t believe that the last time I wrote you was on June 18. What kind of friend am I? Then again, I wouldn’t want to mention the fact that I’m writing myself… uh, I mean, I haven’t heard from you. Ever. The reason I haven’t written you is because I’ve been furiously […]

Dear Fran, It’s been a long time. What can I say? Ken and I went to Maui to celebrate our 25th anniversary. I guess you know how extra special times like this are once you’ve been handed a cancer diagnosis, having gone through the whole experience yourself. A week and a half after we got […]

Dear Fran, I wanted to ask your opinion on something: Do you ever not feel like yourself? Especially post cancer? I don’t know if other people—especially women—going through cancer have this same problem, but I feel so many times like I’m having some sort of identity crisis. I’ve been feeling this way for a long […]

Dear Fran, How are you? I’m feeling a little down today. A bit more of that survivor’s guilt. Do you ever get that? You’ve been through cancer yourself. One of my friends is dealing with the spread of cancer to her lungs, liver, stomach, and brain: just about everywhere that cancer can spread. Another one […]

Dear Fran, I know I just wrote you yesterday. I can’t believe I forgot to tell you my exciting news. I’ve been working on number one of my bucket list. The kitchen cabinets were installed yesterday and today. I think I am about as close to heaven as a person can be and still be […]

  Dear Fran, It’s been a really long time. How have you been? Me? I’ve been a busy, busy bee. I played piano for a Christmas concert last weekend. It was loads of fun. Halfway through Saturday’s performance, as I sat listening to the wonderful music of the other musicians, I couldn’t help but think […]

Dear Fran, In my last letter to you, I was telling you about this ShapeUp thing that I had to sign up for because my medical insurance company doesn’t think I have anything better to do than keep track of my weight and how many steps I take in a day. By the way, yesterday, […]