Does living with metastatic disease have to feel so lonely? Sometimes, I think those of us not living with metastatic breast cancer hesitate to speak out about it for a lot of reasons, primarily perhaps because of fear, but also because we don’t think we have the right to do so. We don’t really know …
Advocacy
Gene patenting is in the news once again. This issue isn’t going away any time soon. In my opinion, this debate boils down to one simple question. Should one company, in this case, Myriad Genetics, be allowed to patent human genes when lives are at stake? It seems as if there is a simple answer here …
As many of you know, recently hubby and I escaped the cold February temps and headed south for a week. We really needed to get away for a lot of reasons. Last year we drove to the same destination. This year we decided to travel by air thanks to “flying stand-by perks” we received via …
Metastatic breast cancer – the upspoken words. I’m not sure why the topic of metastatic breast cancer is too often neglected. Obviously, it’s a tough topic, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk candidly about it. We can’t just sweep it away or pretty it up in pink. Nope. Not gonna work. Sure, MBC is …
When my daughter and soon to be son-in-law were helping me set up my blog, I asked my daughter, “Do you think my blog’s name — Nancy’s Point, A blog about breast cancer and loss — is too depressing?” “Well, a little bit,” she answered. At the time, I asked myself well, how do you …