After Olivia Newton-John shared about her metastatic breast cancer diagnosis, there was hope expressed by some in Cancer Land she might possibly become a voice for others with metastatic disease. There was hope she’d morph into an advocate extraordinaire and share the truth about the insidious, deadly nature of metastatic breast cancer. This could potentially …
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Here we are, seven year later and I still can’t believe I need an oncologist. You might think after seven years, I would have adjusted by now to having an oncologist, but I have not. Not entirely anyway. It still seems strange to have need of such a person in my life. As I’ve written …
Every now and then, I am reminded about the magnitude of my cancer diagnosis. I mean really reminded. Despite the way breast cancer is too often (ad nauseum) portrayed, I understand the seriousness of this potentially deadly disease all too well. I’ve seen the horror of it up close. And sometimes, my cancer diagnosis still …
You gotta stop blaming yourself for getting cancer. Seriously, if you’re doing that, or ever have, stop! If you’ve been diagnosed with any serious illness, you probably have asked, why me? You might’ve wondered if something you did or did not do was partly to blame for your predicament. The blame game is pointless, unhelpful …
I am excited to share a guest post for National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Week from my friend and fellow advocate, Amy Byer Shainman. Some of you are familiar with Amy’s tremendous advocacy work and some of you are just learning about it today. Today is National Previvor Day, so it the perfect …