Advanced Breast Cancer Anxieties: Isolation & Misunderstanding...In this series, we discuss causes of anxiety for those facing physical health conditions. Phrases in quotes are the words of our...reactionscomments
Community Shares: The Pain of Metastatic Breast Cancer...Metastatic breast cancer brings one uncertainty after the next, especially when it comes to pain. Nearly every member of the metastatic breast...reactionscomments
Conflicted...Every time I hear of someone being diagnosed with breast cancer, my heart drops. It drops because I am all too familiar...reactionscomments
Rebecca Palpant-Shimkets...Rebecca Palpant-Shimkets is a two-time thyroid cancer survivor and the daughter of two cancer survivors. Fourteen of her immediate family members have...
Maxine Devereaux...I was born at six months, April 4th, seven minutes after my twin sister. I weighed one and a half pounds, my...
Gloria James...My name is Gloria James. In January of 2000, I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). Twenty years ago, there was...
MBC Dancer...I was first diagnosed in 2001 with breast cancer and treated with chemo and radiation. In 2012 I had another lump and...reactions3comments
You Don’t Lose The Battle...Every time I hear, “They lost their battle with cancer,” it feels like nails on a chalkboard. I just want to shout...reactions3comments
Bisphosphonate Induced Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (BIONJ)...Did you cringe a little before you opened this post? I would have before my diagnosis of bisphosphonate induced osteonecrosis of the...reactions2comments
Triggers...I’m awakened by the soft melody of "Killing Me Softly" inside my waking nightmare. Not the original version by Roberta Flack but...reactionscomments
Long Distance Caregiving: Staying Connected...When someone you love is sick, it can cause stress and anxiety. Illness, especially cancer, can take a physical and emotional toll...reactionscomments
Healthcare Obstacles & the LGBTQ+ Community...Editor’s Note: LGBTQ+ stands for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. To learn more about gender identity, check...reactionscomments
Where I Find Myself...This is not what I wanted, but this is what I got. I am new to the metastatic breast cancer world (diagnosed...reactionscomments
What is Survivor's Guilt and How Can I Manage?...There is a lot of focus these days on surviving breast cancer. And many people do get cured. If your cancer is...reactions1comment
What Is Palliative Care?...Palliative care aims to alleviate symptoms from cancer and side effects from cancer treatment, as well as maximize the patient’s quality of...
Stage 3 Breast Cancer Diagnosis...Just diagnosed stage three, meet with the oncologist on Thursday, next steps have four days of radiation Monday first two rounds of...reactions2comments
Metastatic Motherhood...When I was first diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, I didn’t know where to turn. I was 32 years old, and my...reactionscomments
Benefits of Journaling...Living with advanced breast cancer can raise many different emotions and feelings as you process a diagnosis, go through treatments, and wrestle...reactionscomments
Recruiting Scientists to Your Team...I count several scientists as part of my team. Frankly, I never thought that would be the case and as I was explaining...reactionscomments
A HER2+ Diagnosis Interview...We recently sat down with one of our breast cancer advocates, Claire, to talk about her experience with breast cancer, specifically her...reactionscomments
