MBC: A Different Point of View...In a few stories I have read in this group, women have talked about their guilt for living as long as they have with MBC while others haven't been as...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
How do you manage conversations about your MBC diagnosis?...Choosing who and when to talk about an MBC diagnosis can sometimes be personal and difficult. How do you talk about your diagnosis with others? What advice do you have...Reactions0reactionsComments0 repliesTips & AdviceCoping
Goal Setting in Light of Stage 4 Cancer...In my time before having stage 4 cancer, goal setting was a very normal occurrence for me. I’m sure it sounds like a very normal, very adult thing to do...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Lupron Hurts...Dang that needle is daunting! I was initially diagnosed with Stage 2B invasive ductal carcinoma at the young age of 39. I had a chemopause during my initial treatment but...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Spare Me Your Sermons...I know you probably mean well. That your desire is to introduce me to a different way of looking at advanced breast cancer. But if you've never been through diagnosis...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Finding Community Support When Getting a Terminal Diagnosis...Janice Cowden is a passionate patient advocate living with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer since 2016. Janice feels very fortunate to have No Evidence of Disease (NED) after having a complete...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
How do you manage Enhertu treatment side effects?...A member of our community has asked: Anyone here on Enhertu? Fighting nausea and bad taste in my mouth, making it hard to find things that taste good? Is anyone...Reactions0reactionsComments0 repliesTreatmentSide EffectsTips & Advice
Living with MBC...Hello, my name is Bonnie! I have 3 grown children and 5 grandchildren - they really keep me going! They are 11, 6, 5, 4, and 3 years old. I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Remembering Amanda Raffenaud...We are extremely saddened to share that AdvancedBreastCancer.net Health Leader Amanda Raffenaud passed away on Monday, April 3, 2023. After her cancer diagnosis in December 2018, Amanda made it her...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
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The Fallible Caregiver Series: Marriage Counseling and MBC...Some months back, I wrote several articles that started with a dire feeling but ended with a glimmer of hope. I talked about the struggles and challenges stage 4 breast...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Gods Got This...My story begins six years ago. I found a lump in my right breast. I asked my husband if he felt it too. Yes, he says. I immediately called my...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Making Sense Of My Longterm Survival...I recently saw a few friends coming up on impressive survival anniversaries living with MBC. Seeing their beautiful faces in photos and reading their posts was a welcome treat in...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
One More Day...You know how in the movies the oncologist always looks over their glasses and declares gravely, "You have 12-18 months to live." The characters grapple with this timeline, sometimes they...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Do you have trouble sleeping? ...Whether it is sleeping too much or too little, what have you tried to improve your sleep patterns?...Reactions0reactionsComments0 repliesSleep
Tips on Falling Asleep and Staying Asleep...I want to talk about sleep, or lack of sleep, as it applies to most of us with metastatic breast cancer. As if having a terminal disease, taking tons of...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
What triggers cancer fatigue for you?...Hi everyone, I’d like to start a discussion on Cancer fatigue. Let's face it, we all struggle with it. What fatigues you the most? Is it treatments? The emotional weight...Reactions0reactionsComments13 repliesCopingFatigue
Fatigue from Cancer Treatment: What It Is and How To Deal With It...I was exhausted. All I wanted to do was sleep, but even that was difficult. Every day I battled fatigue from my metastatic breast cancer treatments. It was hard to...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Queer Relationship on Clinic Days...One thing I do not see a lot of in the breast cancer community is queer relationships. I sometimes feel different when researching a topic of discussion within my relationship...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Queer experiences in Cancerland...Hi everyone! I wanted to start a thread talking about anyone’s experience on being queer in the clinic. It can be pretty tough as a non-binary cancer thriver, swimming through...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesAdvocacyTips & AdviceAwareness
