By now probably almost everyone has heard or read about the Supreme Court’s decision on June 13th to strike down Myriad Genetics’ patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. In case you haven’t, you can catch up here or here. All nine Supreme Court Judges concurred on this one; the decision was unanimous. Did we …
Advocacy
Did you know May is Mental Health Month? Not that many people do. I’m sharing the following journal entry that I wrote a while back. It was written on a day when my mood was, shall we say, dark. I’m sharing it because it is dark.
I told myself I was done with the Susan G. Komen® foundation. I didn’t really want to write about this organization any more. I’ve said my piece time and time again it seems. A few of my Komen piece links are included at the end of this one in case you want to read them. I don’t …
After a cancer diagnosis, you’re a better person, right? Hmm. Not so fast. Cancer is a horrible disease not an enlightenment program. Yet, there is often an unspoken societal expectation that suggests a cancer patient should be transformed into a new and improved version of her/his former self following a cancer diagnosis. And if not, …
Have you ever wanted to be some place, but you couldn’t be there for whatever reason? Who hasn’t, right? That’s how I’m feeling right about now. Where do I want to be?