Community Shares: Tips for Surviving the Holidays with Advanced Breast Cancer Part 1As beautiful and fun as the holidays can be, they can also come with a whole lot of work and stress. This year, we hope you remember that you have...reactionscomments
Holiday Gift Ideas For Those Living With Advanced Breast CancerAs a breast cancer thriver, advocate, and product expert (influencer), the most commonly asked question that I receive on a daily basis is, "What should I get them?" The holiday...reactionscomments
Cold Capping: A Guide to this Brave, New, and Very Cold WorldCold capping...sounds odd, doesn't it? For those unfamiliar with cold capping, also known as scalp cooling, it is a technique used to help preserve scalp hair during chemotherapy infusions. As...reactionscomments
The Changing of the GuardsBefore I even knew what sisterhood was, I was introduced to six young, creative, and intelligent young ladies who would be my sisters. The eldest was Delores Elaine, whom we...reactionscomments
5 Minute Breathing Video with AmandaWe are excited to share with you a brief breathing video led by one of our advocates, Amanda Raffenaud. Spending a few minutes each day focusing on your breath can...reactionscomments
Male Breast Cancer Resources After the shock of a diagnosis, and about to begin treatment for breast cancer, I found that most information about the disease was aimed at women. This should have been...reactionscomments
Where Breast Cancer Metastasizes - Results from the 2020 In America SurveyBreast cancer, especially when advanced to later stages, can be challenging to treat. This is because in many cases, the original cancer has metastasized (or spread) elsewhere in the body...reactionscomments
Community Shares: Recent Anxiety LevelsNothing in the last decade has so suddenly impacted the entire world as COVID-19 has. For those in the community living with advanced breast cancer, this event comes with its...reactionscomments
Journaling: Getting StartedTo learn a bit more about journaling and how to get started we sat down with April S, one of our ABC advocates, and got the scoop from her. This...reactionscomments
Balance?When I was working full time, balance was the buzz word. Balancing home and family life, balancing the time spent on both, and trying to be all things all the time. I...reactionscomments
Caregiver Resources: Where Caregivers Can Go for SupportMillions of people are caring for loved ones who are sick or disabled. In fact, some 25 percent of U.S. adults report providing care or assistance to someone with a...reactionscomments
One White Pine: Building Spaces for Living & HealingProfessor and landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom has been designing and building therapeutic gardens for over 20 years. Here, he shares his unique viewpoint on the power of nature to heal...reactionscomments
Understanding Triple Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer: An Interview With Jennifer Diamond, MDTriple-negative metastatic breast cancer may have a well-deserving reputation for being notoriously difficult to treat, but fear not! Exciting things are on the horizon for those of us living with...reactionscomments
Take Your Best Guess: ABC In America StatisticsEach person’s experience with advanced breast cancer (ABC) can be unique. In order to find out more about life with ABC, we conducted our 2nd Annual ABC In America survey...reactions1comment
You Are What You EatIt’s been said that you are what you eat and if that saying is true then I must be little or nothing. There are days when I can eat breakfast...reactions2comments
Feeling FragileSince 2020 started, I've been hospitalized twice after going for a little over two (2) years without having to be admitted. In January 2020, I had a migraine that caused so...reactionscomments
Living With MBC Without a Caregiver (Part 1)When I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 38 — almost two years ago now — I received the news while sitting in my oncologist’s office...reactions3comments
The Power of the Unsent Letter: Writing Through TraumaEditor's note: This article is about the author's experience journaling about the trauma that occurred throughout her childhood and adult life which continued throughout her breast cancer diagnosis. Life will...reactionscomments
Do Patient Advocates Need A Special Type of Support?This article is for those of us who volunteer nearly full time as patient advocates while we are facing our own advanced breast cancer, or to anyone who is considering...reactions1comment
Beyond Exhaustion: How Life Changes with FatigueFatigue: It’s not “just being tired”, and it’s an experience that individuals living with a chronic health condition know all too well. Fatigue can impact every aspect of daily life...reactions2comments