The Fallible Caregiver Series: Asking Her Meaningful Questions...My wife, Rebekah (35), lives with stage 4 breast cancer. My duties as her caregiver have increased over the last 8 years...reactions1comment
Working, Your Career, and Metastatic Breast Cancer...Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) can impact your life in many ways. An important factor it can affect is your career. One study...reactionscomments
How has MBC impacted your career? ...If you were still working when you were diagnosed, did you continue to do so? Did you share your diagnosis with your...reactions39repliesWork & Employment
Staying Alive Is Not Cheap...Unsurprisingly, drugs to treat metastatic breast cancer are outrageously priced. So imagine my shock when I learned a new medication I needed...reactions2comments
7 Things You Should Never Say to a Caregiver...You mean well and genuinely feel sympathy for your friend who cares for someone with advanced breast cancer. We know you mean...reactionscomments
Saying Goodbye to a Friend...Several months ago, I lost my friend Ashley to metastatic breast cancer. A mutation of the PALB2 gene caused Ashley's cancer. Words...reactions1comment
Finding Your Tribe...Since there are many different types of breast cancer, finding your tribe for practical help and support on social media may take...reactionscomments
Chemo Side Effects: Temperature Regulation...I’ve been on chemotherapy in one form or another for almost 8 years straight now. Anyone living with cancer has undoubtedly heard...reactions1comment
What They Didn't Tell Me...In the 3 years my partner Steph and I have spent as residents in advanced breast cancer, we've received advice and sat...reactionscomments
Cancer Scanxiety: My Personal Story...I have been a breast cancer patient for almost 10 years now. I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, which is the...reactions5comments
Chemo Brain: Losing Another Piece of Who We Are...My initial cancer treatment, back in 2017 when we thought I might be Stage II versus Stage IV, was the combination of...reactionscomments
Have you experienced chemo brain as a result of your treatments?...Many people treated for advanced breast cancer experience chemo brain which can affect your language, how you learn, think, and reason. -...reactions32repliesChemotherapyTreatment
Sex, Intimacy, and Metastatic Breast Cancer...A metastatic breast cancer (MBC) diagnosis brings many physical, mental, and emotional changes. Sex and intimacy will also likely look different, now...reactionscomments
Stage 4 and My Relationship...Sometimes I wish people had told me how different my relationship with my spouse would look after I got diagnosed. Balancing life...reactions1comment
What Is Metastatic Survivorship?...In recent years there have been tremendous advances in cancer treatment. Thanks to better treatments, many people with metastatic cancer are living...reactions2comments
Fatiga...Lo más que me cansa es caminar y querer hacer cosas que antes normalmente hacia....reactions2replies
The Fallible Caregiver Series: Learning to Delegate for Her...Last February, my wife had brain surgery to remove 2 small tumors. There were unexpected outcomes resulting in her needing my care...reactionscomments
Enterade ...Has any one whose receiving Chemo therapy heard of Enterade It’s medical drink developed medical researchers It works Miracles...reactions1replyChemotherapyCopingCommunity
Metastatic Breast Cancer in My Liver...In 2020 I began to have severe lower backaches. I called an ambulance to ER. Had CT scan, liver was pushing on...reactions7comments
Not knowing is the worst...Hi I am new here and glad to be a member. I was diagnosed in October of 2021, I still have no...reactions12replies