AdvancedBreastCancer.net Celebrates Three Years!...AdvancedBreastCancer.net (aBC) celebrates three years! It is hard to believe that three years have passed since we launched aBC! Happy anniversary to our community members and advocates. AdvancedBreastCancer.net was created...reactionscomments
Active 5 days agoWhat questions do you have for the AdvancedBreastCancer.net community?...No one has to go through metastatic breast cancer alone...what questions do you have about your diagnosis or journey that the community can help address?...reactions22repliesCommunityTips & Advice
The Fallible Caregiver Series: Sick of Feeling Afraid (Part 2)...In my last article, I shared some of my deep, daily fears as a caregiver husband to a wife living with stage 4 breast cancer. I ended it by saying...reactionscomments
Bucket List...Writing a bucket list after you find out you have a terminal illness is an entirely different exercise than doing it before you are sick. I had always lived my...reactions6comments
The Fallible Caregiver Series: Sick of Feeling Afraid (Part 1)...Growing up, I lived with little to no fear. I was the happy-go-lucky kid, well-loved, and well-taken care of. I did not really feel intense throat gripping fear until I...reactionscomments
Mood Swings...Do you ever feel like everything is ok, maybe even good, and then out of nowhere one simple thing can change your mood completely? Well, if that sounds at all...reactionscomments
Peace of Mind or Progression: The Scanning Process...When scheduling a scan I get that date set in my mind and I hold on to it for dear life, literally. Once the pen hits the paper of my...reactions1comment
The Fallible Caregiver Series: Fighting to Turn Tragedy into Triumph...When I got remarried in 2014, I never imagined my new blissful, hope-filled chapter would look like this. Several years before, I went through a grueling divorce that wrecked me...reactionscomments
What I Ate Post-surgery and How It Helped Me Recover...Editor’s note: Talk to your healthcare provider about your particular situation as it is best to check with your healthcare team before starting any new supplements or diets. I am...reactionscomments
Good News For Male Breast Cancer Patients...Worldwide, male breast cancer patients account for about one percent of new cases. In the U.S. 2,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed this year. About 530...reactionscomments
How do you overcome the winter blues?...The darker days of winter are tough on the best of us, particularly for those in colder climates; how do you keep your energy and spirits up?...reactions1replyCoping
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...reactions5comments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions2comments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions4repliesAnxiety
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions1comment
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions13repliesCommunityDiagnosis