Abigail Johnston, Esquire

I’ve had the honor and privilege of meeting a variety of people through my involvement in breast cancer advocacy. As my dear Emily Garnett used to say: “It’s the worst club...

Every year, more than 600,000 people around the world are killed by stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC). That's an astonishing number of people all over the world. Here in...

Disclaimer--while I'm a lawyer, nothing in this post or any others constitutes legal advice. If you have legal questions, please seek out a qualified lawyer licensed in your area. I've...

I had posted recently on Facebook some pictures that popped up in my memories of some sweet time in Washington, DC back in October of 2019 when advocating with other...

Each year, 10,000+ men and women who focus their lives and careers on breast cancer gather in San Antonio, Texas for the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). It's one...

Emily Garnett was a valuable contributor to this platform and when she died in March of 2020, the world lost a light, this community lost an important contributor and I...

I've been living with stage IV metastatic breast cancer (MBC) for three (3) years and I've been immunocompromised for all of that time in one way or another. I'm fully...

Did you cringe a little before you opened this post? I would have before my diagnosis of bisphosphonate induced osteonecrosis of the jaw (BIONJ) and I've been contacted by quite...

An account I follow on Instagram (@humanbeatscancer) recently asked: "What is the funniest misconception you had about cancer?" Many of the responses were also about the misconceptions about the treatment...

For most of my life, I lived around other WASPS (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) in the Midwest. We did live in a few other places (Albuquerque and Maryland) but what I remember...

My new friend, Marianne Sarcich, has spent a great deal of effort and time putting together an amazing list of resources for anyone who has cancer and updates her list...

I count several scientists as part of my team. Frankly, I never thought that would be the case and as I was explaining how my medical oncologist and I lean on...

I've written before about community and the opportunities we have to support and lift others up, to share the hard-won information we have gathered during our time as a patient. During...

When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer back in 2017, one of the major changes I noticed immediately was a lack of control. For someone Type A like me...

This idiom is one of those strange collections of words in the English language that has a meaning slightly different from the actual words themselves. It's only when I talk...

A few weeks ago, while COVID-19 was ramping up here in Florida, I had to go to the hospital. We literally did everything we could to avoid going to be...

Editor’s note: The following article describes the author’s feelings about death, which may be upsetting for some readers. I read an article recently about a mother who was caring for...

Grit was published in 2016 by Angela Duckworth and I vividly remember watching her Ted Talk, which I would highly recommend! I recently heard Kate Bowler on her podcast, "Everything...

At the time of my de novo metastatic diagnosis in mid-2017, my husband and I had been together for nearly 12 years and had been married for nearly ten 10. We...

I read a post on Facebook recently that said: "For many, the holidays are a time of joy. For some, it is a time of sadness. It reminds them of...