Let’s stop calling metastatic breast cancer chronic! Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is breast cancer that has spread to distant organs. Most often this occurs in the bones, lungs, liver or brain, but metastasis can occur in other organs as well. 6-10% of new breast cancer cases are initially diagnosed as Stage IV, sometimes referred to …
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Do you have certain dates etched into your mind that always take you back? Some dates represent good memories and some, like cancer-reminder trigger dates, do not. What do you do with your cancer-reminder trigger dates? Cancer-reminder trigger dates might be your finding a lump day, biopsy day, diagnosis day, first oncology appointment day, lumpectomy/mastectomy …
Here we go, my first blog post of 2020 – my first blog post of the new decade! That sounds so strange, doesn’t it? First things first though. I hope you had a lovely holiday. If yours was difficult due to whatever reason, I’m sorry. Others care. I care. It seems like everyone is sharing …
Update: Sadly, Linda Catanzaro Boberg died from MBC on March 19, 2023. Emily Garnett (quoted below) died on March 29, 2020 — also from MBC. #WeWillNotForget I’m pleased to share this #MetsMonday featured post by online friend and fellow author Linda Catanzaro Boberg in which she shared candidly about her daily struggle with fear. Regardless of …
Cancer-related fatigue can be challenging to deal with, but there are strategies to help. But first… What word first comes to mind when you hear someone mention the “f” word? Okay, after that one. And on a side note, since cancer, do you find that your tongue has loosened just a bit? If you know …