National Previvor Day is a day set aside during Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer Week (HBOC) to recognize previvors. What’s a previvor? Someone who carries a predisposition (family history or hereditary mutation or other predisposing factor) to cancer, but does not have the disease. I am pleased to share a wonderful guest post by my friend …
This week is National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Week. I am pleased and honored to share with you, my dear readers, an important guest post by Sue Friedman, executive director of FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered). Thank you, Sue, for sharing this important information at Nancy’s Point because as is said repeatedly on …
As many of us know all too well, a cancer diagnosis affects a person’s life in just about every conceivable area, including your sex life. Any kind of cancer does this, of course, but breast cancer adds another whole dimension to this conversation for obvious reasons. After all, sex and breasts, is it even possible …
Updates: This giveaway opportunity has ended. The 7th edition of Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book is, or will soon be available. Sadly, Dr. Susan Love died on July 2, 2023. You can read about her incredible legacy here. A while back, I was asked to review Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book, Fully Updated & Revised Sixth Edition, authored …
As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been wearing my blogger’s hat now for five years. This post is #424. When I started this blogging gig, I was in the midst of chemo, probably not the best time to start a blog, or maybe it’s the perfect time… I certainly had no idea …