Nancy

13 tips to help manage side effects from aromatase inhibitors. I frequently get emails from dear readers and others about the dreaded drugs we love to hate, aromatase inhibitors. The topic is a common thread when subscribers share why they signed up for my newsletters. These drugs are on the minds of a lot of …

I’m pleased to share the next #MetsMonday featured post by Mary S. Foti. This one covers a lot of ground. Mary shares about being a caregiver for her mother, being diagnosed with breast cancer herself, discovering she is BRCA2+, loss, survivor guilt, her advocacy work regarding EOL choices and yes, being told she had the …

October belongs to my dad. Screw Pink. Now July does too. Partly anyway. Two years ago my dad died. July is now a month of sadness. A death month. Does that sound too morbid? I don’t mean it to. July is also filled with loads of good memories of all sorts. But now some of …

So, what exactly does beating cancer mean anyway? Of course, words are far from perfect, no matter what you’re talking about. I get that. We gravitate toward the familiar when searching for words in Cancer Land, too. We grab words we hear most often and spew them out often without giving them a whole lot …

What is chemo-induced flushing? When I learned chemo was to be part of my cancer treatment plan, the side effect I worried most about was losing my hair. That one definitely topped my worry list. Call me vain. I did/do not care. Next on my worry list was feeling sick. I did not want to …