Friendships...Somewhere along with my life, I seemed to mess up a fair share of friendships. So, I will try not to reiterate that old line telling you to screw all...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Community Member Spotlight: Mallory Royal...Meet Mallory, our newest advocate! Mallory joined our team in November 2021. She shares her diagnosis story with us. How & when were you diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer?There was...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Remembering Tori Geib...We are devastated to share that one of our AdvancedBreastCancer.net team members Tori Geib passed away on Monday, November 1, 2021. Tori was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer shortly after...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Slow Down...Breast cancer taught me to slow down… We are all so used to getting up and being on the go all the time. Often our success is measured by how much...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Community Member Spotlight: Lisa H....Lisa shares with our team her denovo metastatic breast cancer diagnosis experience. How & when were you diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer?In the summer of 2019, my purse strap kept...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How To Handle Questions About Your Breast Cancer...How to handle questions about your cancer when you just don’t feel like talking about it... This was and remains a tough one for me. Even now a couple of years...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Under The Mask: Undergoing Brain Radiation...Radiation oncology is a powerful tool, especially in the metastatic setting. There are various types of radiation, or radiotherapy, to treat metastatic breast cancer. I personally have had it to...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Facing the holidays...Last year, my daughters and I chose to not gather for either Thanksgiving or Christmas due to concerns about the pandemic. Both holidays would have been the first without Cheryl...Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesMemory WallFriends & Family
Remembering Danielle Thurston...We are extremely heartbroken to share that AdvancedBreastCancer.net team member, Danielle Thurston, passed away on Friday, October 29th, 2021. Danielle was first diagnosed with stage II triple-negative breast cancer in...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Mallory Royal...Mallory is a cancer survivor, warrior, and thriver from Atlanta, Georgia. She beat Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2012 at the age of 22. She survived stage I breast cancer in 2017...
On the Edge of My Seat...There's good news for us, breast cancer sufferers, walking around with sore tushies from monthly Fulvestrant shots. According to a recent press release, the Menarini Group and Radius Health announced...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
I'm So Stressed Out!...Whether it’s waiting for scan results, getting ready to go back to work after taking time off for surgery, spending hours on the phone with your health insurance company, or...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Metamorphosis Of October...Breast Cancer Awareness month doesn't hold the same meaning for everyone, and that's OK. To some people, it's a time to celebrate they survived treatment & came out the other...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Meet My Caregiver!...One of our advocates interviews her husband for Caregiver Awareness Month. Caregivers are our unsung heroes and this month we want to highlight their voices, their experiences, and their stories...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Mentoring, Part 5...I hope you have enjoyed our mentoring series! Amanda and I had such fun talking about these issues, emailing, and learning more from each other as we put together this...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What It's Really Like To Have A Craniotomy...Having brain metastases, routine brain MRIs are the norm for me. But never did I think one would discover an old hemorrhage. It was then I was told I would...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Second Opinion...I understand first-hand how awkward and stressful it can be to ask your doctor for your records to be sent to another doctor. When I was diagnosed with stage 2...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Still Infusing, Still Thriving...I submitted my diagnosis story in 2019. I want to talk about the last two years with metastatic breast cancer, No Evidence of Active Disease (NEAD). One reason is there...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Mari’s Fight Against Inflammatory breast cancer...15 years ago my aunt fought her first battle with cancer. It was Lymphoma. Although the waiting list was extremely long she went through all the treatments needed and was...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Two wives. Two MBC diagnoses. Two tragic deaths....I married J, my first wife, in 1977. She was 20, and I was 22. Our 14-year-old daughter lost her mom three weeks before she entered her freshman year of...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments