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...reactions1comment
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...reactions9comments
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...reactionscomments
Do you have trouble sleeping? ...Whether it is sleeping too much or too little, what have you tried to improve your sleep patterns?...reactionsrepliesSleep
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...reactions1comment
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...reactions15repliesFatigueCoping
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...reactions7comments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions2repliesTips & AdviceAwarenessAdvocacy
How do you cope with SCANXIETY?! ...Hi friends! Me again 👋🏻 I have scans tomorrow (yay) and I was wondering, how do y’all cope with scanxiety? I know it’s a pretty common thing, because scans are...reactionsrepliesAnxietyTips & AdviceTreatment
Traveling with Advanced Breast Cancer...I used to love to travel pre-cancer, but I couldn't help but feel anxious about being away from my safe space, my home, for too long. Now that I have...reactions12comments
The Physical Demands of Caregiving...Most caregivers, myself included, focus on how our experience affects us emotionally. I'm going to step aside for this article and speak with you about the physical demands of caregiving...reactionscomments
How has traveling changed for you? ...How has travel changed for you since being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer? What tips can you offer others?...reactions13replies
What to do with extra medicine?...My medicine dosage chnged and when it did I ended up with extra, unopened medicine. These meds (tablets) are INsAnely expensive .... Trying to figure out what, if anything, I...reactions13repliesChemotherapyTreatment
Why Genetic Testing Can Be Important...Editor's note: Kate is a patient-centered health advocate and not a medical professional. Although she likes to think of herself as a professional patient living with Stage IV Breast Cancer...reactionscomments
My teenage daughter seems to lack empathy for me these days; any advice? ...I have been feeling really defeated with one of my teens lately. She has only known me to have cancer basically her whole life. Lately, she just seems to lack...reactions2repliesFriends & Family
Have you had Genetics testing done? What was your experience? ...Hey friends, I have a denovo p53 genetic mutation, also known as Li-Fraumeni Syndrome. Has anyone else tested positive for a genetic mutation? My son recently was tested for over...reactions3replies
The Fallible Caregiver Series: Don’t Let Cancer Steal Your Romance...Eight months into our marriage, cancer stole from us the ability to have sex (i.e., intercourse). As the special intimacy of intercourse disappeared from our marriage, other romantic practices and...reactions1comment
Sick, Yet Not Sick...So you’ve been diagnosed with mets. Now what? At first, it’s terrifying (and honestly, it might still be terrifying). It’s all so new, and scary, and there are so many...reactionscomments
Cancer Doesn't Come With a Gift Basket...As a kid I always imagined growing old with my partner, watching them age, seeing who we become with each new decade of life, and falling in love over and...reactions3comments
