Endocrine therapy continues to be a topic of great interest to many readers. Information and feedback from women taking these drugs is lacking, hence this post. I updated and bundled my most relevant, helpful (hopefully) posts into this one. This makes access to the info a bit easier. It also makes this post long! To …
Breast cancer
As an advocate and someone personally impacted by genetic testing in a huge way, I read with great interest the announcement from the American Society of Breast Surgeons that Dr. Deanna Attai shared about in a recent blog post titled, Updated Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Guidelines. Read the guidelines in full here. They are worth a …
Dear Plastic Surgeons: 14 things breast cancer patients want you to understand about breast reconstruction This post is an open letter to plastic surgeons everywhere sharing 14 things breast cancer patients want you to better understand. Not that most don’t already understand these things, but there is always an opportunity for better understanding, right?
Well, we’ve made it through another Breast Cancer Awareness Month. How are you feeling? Actually, I didn’t find it too terribly annoying this year. Of course, I didn’t venture out much into Retail Land. Sometimes it’s a really good thing to be a homebody. I wonder if the fact more people are shopping online has …
Those impacted by metastatic breast cancer want, need and deserve more than lip service during Breast Cancer Awareness Month and all year long, for that matter. Designating one day out of BCAM as National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day doesn’t cut it either (although it’s a start). Lip service is just not good enough. It …