What Is Advocacy?...When receiving a metastatic breast cancer (MBC) diagnosis, the natural first action is research. Knowledge is power, and it is normal to...reactionscomments
5 Things I Have Learned About Myself...I've learned a lot about myself during the eight years I've been living with metastatic breast cancer. Too many to count but...reactions1comment
Cold Capping: A Guide to this Brave, New, and Very Cold World...Cold capping...sounds odd, doesn't it? For those unfamiliar with cold capping, also known as scalp cooling, it is a technique used to...reactionscomments
Remembering Lynette Erwin Waller...We are incredibly saddened to share that our AdvancedBreastCancer.net team member Lynette Erwin Waller passed away on Thursday, June 24th, 2021. Lynette...reactions1comment
Caring for Myself Each #Pinktober...This October (2022) will be my sixth (6th) Pinktober since my diagnosis with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) in 2017. My...reactions1comment
Does Anything Positive Come From Metastatic Breast Cancer?...Anything associated with advanced breast cancer is usually described negatively. Unfortunately, even in the medical community, breast cancer is seen as a...reactions4comments
National Mammography Day...October can bring up a range of emotions for everyone in the breast cancer community, let’s face it October is hard. With...reactions5comments
Conflicting Emotions are Normal...She breezed into the house, shrugging off her backpack and setting down her cappuccino. We'd known each other for a number of...reactionscomments
Alyson Tischler...We are heartbroken to share that on Friday, April 9, 2021, Alyson Tischler passed away. Alyson was a cherished member of the...
"Our Bodies Are Our Vehicles": Self-Care With Advanced Breast Cancer...There is an old expression that goes, ''Our bodies are our vehicles'', meaning that our bodies are what will drive us through...reactionscomments
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Series - Advocacy...At the end of last year, we had the opportunity to sit down with Sarah Kelly and Melissa Berry to talk about...reactionscomments
AdvancedBreastCancer.net is TWO!...Happy birthday, AdvancedBreastCancer.net! The end of January marks the 2-year anniversary of our community. To celebrate this anniversary, we want to focus...reactionscomments
The Underutilization of a Social Worker in an Oncology office..."Mental health refers to the cognitive, behavioral and emotional wellbeing of a person. It does NOT refer to a mental health diagnosis...reactions7comments
Breastless In The City...The morning I realized that my showers would no longer be the same, I held my left breast in the palm of...reactions2comments
Top “Power Foods” to Combat or Help With Side Effects...Sometimes cancer treatment can result in poor appetite, difficulty eating or challenges with digesting food. Note, there are no “magic foods”. The...reactionscomments
Grief in the Digital Era: Mourning A Virtual Friend...Many who have experienced it, say that the grief felt when we lose a loved one who we’ve lived with, or met...reactionscomments
Community Shares: Why I Am Part of the aBC Community...We are so glad that each and every one of you is part of the AdvancedBreastCancer.net (aBC) community! We were recently curious...reactionscomments
Why Is Metastatic Breast Cancer Research Important?...We sat down with one of our advocates, Rebecca Timlin-Scalera, who is also the founder of a non-profit foundation “The Cancer Couch”...reactionscomments
Finding a Light...Recently, we found that my breast cancer had significantly progressed. Previously located only in my bones, the cancer had spread, quickly and...reactionscomments
Living Like an Outlier...Chances are, I probably won’t see my 40th birthday. In fact, a recent study published by the National Institute of Health estimates...reactions3comments
