18 things real breast cancer patients wish you knew. Note: Sadly, five of the contributors for this piece have since died from MBC. THAT is what I want people to know. Breast cancer is NOT the good cancer, and is in fact, too often still deadly. For clarity: In this particular post, when I’m referring …

It’s with pleasure I share the next #MetsMonday Featured Post, “Dear Breast Cancer ‘Survivor’”, by Margaret Young. There has been continuing discussion of late in the breast cancer blogosphere and on social media about the divisions between early stagers and those with stage 4 disease. Divisions are unavoidable, I suppose. Nonetheless, this particular one I’ve …

How much damage has been done “trying to make ugly pretty” during Breast Cancer Awareness Month over the past 30+ years? Here we are heading into yet another Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It sure seems to roll around fast, right? Advocacy work of many through the years has brought about changes to BCAM, or I’d …

Many people, maybe even most, have never heard of Lynch syndrome. Before being thrust into the world of hereditary cancer, I had not. September 26 – October 2, 2021 is National Hereditary Cancer Week. It used to be called National Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer Week or HBOC Week, which honestly, always prompted my brain …

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like one year post DIEP flap surgery, this post is for you. Everyone’s experience is different, of course, so your experience might be very different from mine, your best friend’s, your relative’s or anyone else’s you’ve heard or read about. Still, reading about outcomes and experiences of others can …