Understanding Mental Health and Mental Health Resources...Living with a chronic illness is about more than just physical symptoms. It also impacts how you think, feel, and act. For...
Community Shares: What I Miss Most About Life Before Advanced Breast Cancer...Receiving an advanced breast cancer diagnosis can feel like it changes everything, especially in the beginning. It can touch every aspect of...reactions16comments
Health Resources...Living with a chronic health condition can be challenging, frustrating, and tiring. You might feel like your life is on hold. Frequent...
Community Team...Welcome to Health Union's Community Team. Our Community Team is made up of a diverse group of employees of Health Union who...
Navigating Enhertu: My Journey, Side Effects, and Lessons Learned...In 2024, my doctors changed my cancer regimen. My health declined, and I needed to change my chemo drug from Ibrance to...reactionscomments
Hormone Therapy...Hormone therapy is a treatment option for some breast cancers. Hormones like estrogen and progesterone play a role in these cancers. Thus...
Where Did My Hair Go? 10 Surprising Places for Chemo Hair Loss...When I learned that I would have to experience IV chemo, I confess that one of the first things I was concerned...reactions19comments
Pardon Me? Understanding and Managing 'Chemo Farts'...It’s time. Time to talk about…farts. Oh, we can be polite and use the terms “flatulence” or “passing gas.” But I’m not...reactions1comment
Finding Humor When Coping with Breast Cancer...While living with breast cancer is no joke—particularly advanced breast cancer—many in the patient community find that humor helps them navigate diagnoses...reactions9comments
Monitoring for Recurrence...After receiving treatment for breast cancer, you will make a plan with your healthcare team for follow-up care. This plan is important...
Managing Breast Cancer Bone Pain...Breast cancer can spread beyond the breast and lymph nodes to other areas in the body. This is called metastasis or secondary...reactions1comment
Parenting These Days: Managing Emotions Among Cancer...I put my 7-year-old in school this year. A significant life event I never in my wildest dreams thought I would one...reactionscomments
Advanced Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Part 2...Before that day, I had a whole future ahead of me. Then in a few lines, it was taken from me. My...reactions3comments
Advanced Breast Cancer Common Myths & Misconceptions...There are many myths and misconceptions about advanced breast cancer, and it is important to learn the facts. Below are some of...
Dealing With Cancer Recurrence...Ask anyone in the advanced breast cancer community, and I can guarantee that we all have the same fear: recurrence. So, what...reactions5comments
Diagnosis, Part 1...Constant pain in the left side of my chest had been making me nervous the whole summer. You see, two years before...reactions4comments
Stage IV Reflection: A Letter to Myself as an Early-Stager...Dear Stage II Danielle, I know you have breast cancer and you're freaking out, but don't be! You will be okay. The...reactions23comments
Community Shares: The Test that Detected My Breast Cancer...Everyone who is dealing with advanced breast cancer has their own experience, from the moment of detection to choosing the right course...reactions3comments
Preparing for Scans Physically and Emotionally...I think it's safe to say that almost everyone's top fear when they live with metastatic breast cancer is the fear of...reactions7comments
Emphasizing Accessibility in Community Events...To me, the best thing about doing something super fun one year is being able to plan the next year. I love...reactionscomments
