Emotional Roller Coaster with MC Breast Cancer Beast!!...My name is Tina. Ever since I was 21 or so I’ve been having cysts biopsied mainly in my left breast but some in my right. In 2008, at 41...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
FDA Approves Drug for Pre-Exposure Prevention of COVID-19...The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a new drug that may help prevent COVID-19. It is called Evusheld (tixagevimab co-packaged with cilgavimab).1-3 Evusheld is not authorized for...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Deciding To Get Divorced...This was, and remains, the hardest decision I have ever had to make and by far the hardest thing I have ever been through. I found it harder than grieving...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Community Member Spotlight: Donna Nelson...We sat down with one of our community members, Donna Nelson, and she shared how she is moving forward with life after her ER+ MBC diagnosis. Read her story. I...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How do you deal with scanxiety?...OK, so I have a PET Scan scheduled 1/19/22 and I do not want the emotional rollercoaster I had with my last scan. ( which showed exellent results to my...Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesAnxiety
Coping with Grief During the Holiday Season...Editorial note: This article was originally shared on sister site, H-I-V.net by Khafre Kujichagulia Abif. I can remember when the holidays became emotionally difficult. My father died a sudden death...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Hospice: A Perspective of a Former Hospice Nurse-turned MBC Patient...Danielle explores the topic of hospice care with a former hospice nurse who was also diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). It's a place where people go to die. That...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
The New Normal Part 2: Breast Cancer Patients and the Pandemic...In May 2020, I wrote about how breast cancer people had COVID-19 covered because treatment “leads us to either adapt to our new situations or live in a world where...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
HER-...I read a lot about HER+ but, not a lot about HER- I have this and have a lot of the same things going on. Would love to hear more...Reactions0reactionsComments12 repliesDiagnosisCommunity
I'm Fine, OK...Have you ever had one of those days when everything is going wrong? Your scans are terrible. Your doctor pulled you off the latest line of chemo, but they have...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Community Member Spotlight: Celeste B....We sat down with one of our community members, Celeste Baldwin, and she shared how she is moving forward after an metastatic breast cancer (MBC) recurrence in 2018. Read her...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Reduce Holiday Stress...Holiday stress... It happens the very first time I walk into Target and I see that there are already Christmas decorations up and it's barely past Halloween. It’s like someone...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What I Do When I Feel Sad…...In today’s social media and the airbrushed world, it is hard to know who is really feeling what. One thing I know we all feel is the pressure to feel...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Why?...Sisters, come a little closer, bend down, lend me your ear. I want to share my heart with you, while you open yours. Let's heal each other's wounds. Let’s rediscover...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Cancer Sucks!...Let's face it, getting diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer sucks! It is most likely the most life-altering news you will ever have to deal with in your life. Not only...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Metastatic Monster..."She's battling cancer," they always say. It seems people who see us suffering from metastatic breast cancer always want to use war metaphors to describe what is happening to us;...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Community Member Spotlight: Kathleen L'Abbee...Meet Kathleen! She shares her metastatic breast cancer recurrence story. How & when were you diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer?Diagnosis in June 2018 with sternum met by a yearly breast...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Extravasation...Until very recently, I had no idea what this was, although now I understand it has happened to me during my time of living with stage IV metastatic breast cancer...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How I feel...I don't have the desire to do anything anymore. I don't want to get out of bed. I'm depressed and feel it puts a strain on my relationship...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesCoping
How do you know when your cancer is active again?...I’ve been taking Ibrance since diagnosed in 2017. The cancer went into a hold/remission state. How do you know when it is again active?...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesCommunityAwareness