Hi.

My name is Alenka. I am a native of Slovenia, living in Lake Tahoe California and La Ventana Bay in Mexico with one husband, four grown children, three growing grandchildren, and one magnificent golden retriever Monty.

I write here, there and everywhere in— between about anything that inspires me, makes me mad or sad or preferably, about what makes my heart sing with joy.

Waiting for the diagnosis.

Waiting for the diagnosis.

Alenka Vrecek

Looking back now, the most difficult time was waiting for the final diagnosis. It’s not really the news you want to get anyway, but waiting for lab results is excruciating. I made the mistake also to have a biopsy on a Friday and that adds two extra days to your waiting period. I also wasn’t able to share my anxieties with anyone. I wanted to know first, have the facts before I got anyone else worried. Here is the video I shot before I got the final test results that confirmed I have breast cancer.

Life is great until it's not.

Life is great until it's not.
The moment of truth.

The moment of truth.