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Have you sought out a second opinion? Perhaps even a third, or fourth? Living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer means there is no stage 5. Our treatments are what...

Immunotherapy has been hailed as the brave new world for the treatment of cancers. One type of immunotherapy, adoptive cell therapy, uses T-cells from the patient’s own immune system as...

Do you ever feel down or like the world is just too much? We've all been there. It's during these tough times, that we need to find ways to inspire...

Statistically and overall, we are all living longer and longer with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC). Yes, there are those who decline rapidly and never achieve stability or No Evidence...

I believe this moment is always and forever etched in your memory. For me, it was the phone call that would change my life in an instant. You see I...

When you are first diagnosed with a terminal disease, it is strange how people come out of the woodwork. Friends you had forgotten about, the family you never talk to...

Let's face it, there's not a lot to laugh about with cancer. Actually, there's nothing to laugh about, but for some patients, laughter is intrinsically important. According to science, laughter...

I woke up this morning feeling fear. That’s pretty typical for me. I’m worried about taxes coming up, about the credit card bill we haven’t paid for almost three months...

After nearly five years since my de novo MBC diagnosis, I find myself facing progression to my liver and returning to IV chemotherapy combined with oral therapy. When I was initially...

Today is triple-negative breast cancer awareness day (TNBC). To honor all of those who have been diagnosed, are living with TNBC, or have been impacted by this type of advanced...

Been a while, I know. I am now officially retired. I haven’t been to work since January 2021. It’s a very long story; I’ll share some of it here… In...

My mornings before I had breast cancer were quite different than they are today. I would wake up very early around 5 or 5:30 am, while it was still dark...

Sitting on the toilet in the woman's bathroom at the hospital's radiation department, I watched in horror as my last Klonopin crumbled through my fingers after reaching into my pocket...

I had made a decision to go to all of Bob’s appointments with him, medical, treatments, scans, etc. The reason why was he had cognitive and memory issues along with...

Patient advocates living with early-stage breast cancer are often advised to stay in their lane, rather than take up the cause for metastatic patients. At least that was true until...

A food label can tell you a lot about what you are eating. It shows the number of calories and serving sizes of different foods and provides a breakdown of...

I wake up each day and I dread letting my feet hit the floor. It’s not that I don’t hear the birds chirping and think "wow what a beautiful day"...

Invasive pleomorphic lobular carcinoma (IPLC) is a rare kind of breast cancer. It makes up less than 1 percent of all breast cancer cases. Though it is less common, it...

While some of us have caregivers who stick around, many others get diagnosed when alone or some people just can't handle it and leave in the midst of treatment. Regardless...

Surveys show that most people in the United States are in favor of legalized marijuana (cannabis) for medical and/or recreational use. As of April 2023, medical marijuana was legal in...