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 …
Breast cancer
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 …
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 …
Radiation therapy was not part of my breast cancer treatment plan, but I did witness it from a daughter’s perspective when my mother had it. I get emails asking me about radiation, so I wanted to address the topic here on the blog. When I haven’t experienced something breast cancer related myself, I often put …