Let’s stop calling metastatic breast cancer chronic! Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is breast cancer that has spread to distant organs. Most often this occurs in the bones, lungs, liver or brain, but metastasis can occur in other organs as well. 6-10% of new breast cancer cases are initially diagnosed as Stage IV, sometimes referred to …
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Do you have certain dates etched into your mind that always take you back? Some dates represent good memories and some, like cancer-reminder trigger dates, do not. What do you do with your cancer-reminder trigger dates? Cancer-reminder trigger dates might be your finding a lump day, biopsy day, diagnosis day, first oncology appointment day, lumpectomy/mastectomy …
I’m pleased to share the next #MetsMonday featured post. This one comes from one of my favorite fellow bloggers, Lisa Valentine. Lisa shares about her sister’s recent death from metastatic breast cancer and how the experience has impacted, and continues to impact, her family. It’s always been my goal to share this space with others …
Did you make a New Year’s resolution to exercise more consistently, eat better, drink more water or whatever? I did not. I don’t do resolutions anymore, but I do make commitments to try to do those things, pretty much on a daily basis. Btw, I did that before cancer too. You might want to read, …
Here we go, my first blog post of 2020 – my first blog post of the new decade! That sounds so strange, doesn’t it? First things first though. I hope you had a lovely holiday. If yours was difficult due to whatever reason, I’m sorry. Others care. I care. It seems like everyone is sharing …