Death with dignity — is there such a thing? Update: It’s been eight years since this story broke, went viral, and I wrote this post. The controversary remains. By now, most of you have heard or read the news story about Brittany Maynard, the young woman who decided to end her own life before her …
Metastatic breast cancer
Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been going on now since 1985. There has been a lot of awareness (about exactly what is debatable) raised over the years as the dark veil of breast cancer has been lifted, but at the same time, has another veil been dropped? Has Breast Cancer Awareness Month, unintentionally or not, …
During October, and actually all year long now, there is a lot of hoopla that goes on surrounding breast cancer awareness. Duh, right? We see pictures of people walking or running in races. We see pink stuff for sale everywhere, and I do mean everywhere. We see restaurants, bars, and bakeries serving up pink drinks …
It’s time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month to grow up! There are a lot of things wrong with the pinking of October more commonly, of course, known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM). You can read about thirteen things wrong with all the shenanigans here. But the biggest failure of the whole darn month of …
A couple of months ago, I was honored to be invited to be a guest participant during this year’s Living Beyond Breast Cancer Fall Conference to be held Saturday, September 27th in Philadelphia. I have been asked to participate in a couple of other conferences on occasion, but so far I’ve declined for various reasons. This time …