Health Resources...Living with a chronic health condition can be challenging, frustrating, and tiring. You might feel like your life is on hold. Frequent hospital stays, difficult or noticeable symptoms, and constant...
Eating “Right” During Chemotherapy: Tolerating Hard-to-Digest Foods...Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lean protein, etc. That’s what the experts told me to eat during chemo. What did I want to eat? Pizza and French fries. I tried...reactionscomments
What Is the Social Health Network Community?...Like our other Health Union condition communities, the Social Health Network brings people together to drive unique and impactful conversations about health. It also aims to expand opportunities for health...reactionscomments
Support animals...I have stage four metastatic breast cancer in both lungs. I've been on an emotional rollercoaster since I started my treatment. I have a long haired Chihuahua that has been...reactions10repliesAnxietyFriends & Family
Deltra James...Deltra is a Connecticut based mama of 5 amazing girls who she strives to raise with cultural and health awareness. She's a chain tea drinker, wig hoarder, and lover of...
The Unspoken Truth...Author's Note: This is an article written from the perspective of the author. This article focuses on heterosexual couples, and men leaving after their wives are diagnosed with MBC. It...reactions2comments
Do you hide your scars? Read what others have to say and share your experiences!...Over the years, our AdvancedBreastCancer.net contributors and community members have shared their experiences and relationships with the scars that have accumulated as a result of their advanced breast cancer. We'd...reactions10replies
Let's Talk About Chemo and Side Effects...After 12 years of fighting cancer and doing countless treatments, I think I've earned my blackbelt. My husband (A.K.A., “The Fallible Caregiver” on this site) and I recently needed a...reactions4comments
3rd Time Around 😞...I was diagnosed Stage 2 in 2011. Treated with chemo, then lumpectomy along with 37 zaps of radiation. Was on Anastrazole when I was diagnosed with residual cancer in that...reactions3comments
For those who find it difficult to advocate for themselves, what would make it easier?...Advocacy can take on different meanings for people. For those living with MBC, there are usually 3 different types: self-advocacy, individual advocacy and systems advocacy. All kinds of advocacy are...reactions5repliesAdvocacy
Prepare For The Worst, Hope For The Best...Living in the country's hurricane capital and watching a severe hurricane on T.V. coming towards my state has me thinking about a few things, like how unpredictable life is, especially...reactionscomments
What Is All This Stuff About Diversity?...As anyone who has met me or looked at my picture, I'm as white as it is possible to be as human without albinism. I was raised in the Midwest, Ohio...reactions4comments
Stage 4 ... Just Like That...I was 10 years out from a bilateral mastectomy. Had lobular, pleomorphic type, Stage 1, left breast. Did 5 years of anastrozole. A year ago in May, I happened to...reactionscomments
Empathy, Cancer, and Caregiving: What Do They Have In Common?...Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. I find myself relating to many of the complex feelings and understandings of the advanced breast cancer community...reactions1comment
Missing the Little Things...Something that can be amplified during treatment is how much you miss the little things in life. I think it goes without saying that this makes a lot more noise...reactionscomments
My Story - Stage 1 to MBC...I was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer. Lumpectomy and radiation. Lymph nodes were negative. Everything was fine. Then, my tumor markers started going up. Fast forward to I have...reactionscomments
Community Member Catch Up: Rachelle...In February 2021, the team at AdvancedBreastCancer.net chatted with Rachelle, who shared her personal story and about how reading other people’s experiences has helped her navigate her metastatic breast cancer...reactionscomments
Comfort in Community...At the time I was diagnosed with de novo metastatic breast cancer, my support systems were thin at best. Regardless of the reasons, I definitely felt alone when I got...reactionscomments
The Fallible Caregiver Series: Helping Her Build a Legacy...I heard the results of a survey 25 years ago and it’s haunted me ever since. The survey results were said as part of a sermon I heard on a...reactions1comment
In America Survey: What Does the Community Have to Say?...An advanced breast cancer diagnosis can come as a shock. Many people quickly jump online to research the ins and outs of advanced breast cancer but have trouble finding reliable...reactionscomments
