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...There are probably some people who file for bankruptcy because they have lived a life beyond their means, so they stiff their creditors, not giving it a second thought. Probably...

...One of the hardest parts of living with cancer is the questions. Too often, people prod, asking insensitive questions that they have not earned a right to the answers. To...

...These days the Food Network can be found on the TV in my living room. As a former chef and food and beverage manager - knowing current and upcoming trends...

...Each year, 10,000+ men and women who focus their lives and careers on breast cancer gather in San Antonio, Texas for the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). It's one...

...Emily Garnett was a valuable contributor to this platform and when she died in March of 2020, the world lost a light, this community lost an important contributor and I...

...Living with a terminal cancer diagnosis has its own challenges. When you add single parenting and explaining your diagnosis to your children to the equation, you are looking at one...

...In September of 2019, Health Union (the parent company of AdvancedBreastCancer.net) partnered with the US Pain Foundation for our first ever Chronic Pain in America survey to ask members of...

...Where compassion abides grace does much more abide. Recently I have had to have grace under EXTREME fire. My aunt is 83 years young, and to her thinking - at...

...“It’s all about the equipment,” my husband likes to say when we pack for a trip. For example, if we are camping, it makes all the difference in the world...

...It might seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but one of my earliest thoughts upon reconciling my metastatic diagnosis was that I may, never again, be in a...

...There is growing evidence that spending time in nature can help people feel less depressed, anxious or stressed. Maintaining our connection to nature can improve one’s quality of life and...

...Metastatic breast cancer brings one uncertainty after the next, especially when it comes to pain. Nearly every member of the metastatic breast cancer community experiences the pain differently—and in different...

...Every time I hear of someone being diagnosed with breast cancer, my heart drops. It drops because I am all too familiar with the process of finding a lump, getting...

...Editor’s Note: This article was first published on August 20, 2020. Further developments in what we know about the coronavirus are continuously emerging. Learn more in Advanced Breast Cancer and...

...It’s officially summertime! What does that look like for us metastatic folk in the age of COVID-19? The same as it does for anyone else, but perhaps with a few...

...Although rare, breast cancer does occur in men. Male breast cancer makes up less than 1 percent of all breast cancers diagnosed in the United States. For men, the lifetime...

...I've been living with stage IV metastatic breast cancer (MBC) for three (3) years and I've been immunocompromised for all of that time in one way or another. I'm fully...