A while back, I decided to start a campaign called #MetsMonday. I know the name isn’t that great, but I thought something simple and easy to remember was the best way to go – well, for me anyway. And of course, Monday is not the only day I (or others) think about metastatic disease. And …
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Breast cancer is a string of losses. It just is. During a #BCSM twitter chat a while back, the topic was the invisible scars breast cancer leaves behind. It was one of those chats when the tweets were really flying because; well, cancer leaves a lot of scars. Like I need to remind you, right? And, …
Has the pink ribbon become the “bully” of ribbons? Maybe. Maybe not. (I’m just asking.) If you were to ask any number of people over, say the age of ten (maybe even younger) that you meet on the street (in the US anyway) if they’ve ever seen a pink ribbon and what cause it represents; …
Part of educated awareness during Breast Cancer Awareness Month is learning as much as possible about all aspects of this disease. Advocacy cannot be complete if we do not tell the whole story and part of the whole story is that male breast cancer can and does happen. Being a BRCA2+ mother of two sons …
Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes and goes. And yet, it doesn’t really matter what month it is. Not to me anyway. My breast cancer experience continues. My advocacy does as well. This post offers 12 things you can do all year long to support breast cancer educated awareness. Thank you in advance for reading and …