Stop Making Cancer Patients Feel Guilty

The three words that no person ever wants to hear is “You Have Cancer”.  Your life is changed forever.  You wonder “Why Me” and how did I get cancer.  And then it starts.  It’s bad enough that you have to endure what you are going to do in order to treat the cancer situations but [...]

BREASTation Presents A Breast Nipple Reconstruction

One of the most important decisions that a woman will face after a mastectomy is whether to have a breast reconstruction.  What has made this decision even more difficult is not knowing what to expect.  Recent statistics that I have seen indicate that 89% of women who are deciding on reconstruction want to know more [...]

Hope For The Future – After The Pink Ribbon

With the end of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the pink ribbons are being put away for another year and the fund-raising campaigns are winding down.  So many have contributed in so many ways to raise awareness and to provide funding for future research, education and assistance to those who are now dealing with or will [...]

Scarring After Breast Cancer Surgery

With all of the issues associated with breast cancer surgery, one that does not receive much attention, if any at all, is the scars after breast cancer surgery.  At the time of decision-making before surgery, most of us focus on what needs to be done in order to remove the cancer and selecting a course [...]

Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Need Help

Breast cancer in the breast is not life-threatening. However, when breast cancer travels outside of the breast (usually to the brain, liver, lungs or bones), it becomes metastatic or Stage IV. Approximately 5% of newly diagnosed breast cancer cases are metastatic or Stage IV (interchangeable designations) but even more startling is that approximately 30% of [...]

What Is BRA Day?

This week, on October 16th, we celebrate the 1st anniversary of BRA (Breast Reconstruction Awareness) Day.  This day was created to focus on the fact that 7 of 10 women who have a mastectomy are never apprised of their options for reconstruction.  While some may choose not to have reconstruction, no one should have to [...]

Why Don’t We Have a Cure for Breast Cancer?

With Breast Cancer Awareness Month upon us and so many companies and organizations and individuals doing their best to raise money for breast cancer causes and groups everywhere, the same question always arises regarding why we don’t have a cure for breast cancer.  After all, look at all the money that is raised for this [...]

What Does The Pink Ribbon Represent?

On October 1st, the world will again be blanketed with “The Pink Ribbon”.  For many people who have never been touched by the world of breast cancer, they feel that they are being assaulted by nothing more than a huge fundraiser where the money raised will go to line the pockets of the big pharmaceutical [...]

Why I Became A Patient Advocate

Recently I was having a conversation with someone and was asked about what I am doing on social media and why am I doing it. I did have an interesting chat about this but I started thinking about what was the motivation behind what I am trying to accomplish. Very quickly, two particular events came [...]

Breast Cancer Wellness Magazine Debuts Their BCW Bloggers

I recently received notification from Beverly Vote, Publisher, the Breast Cancer Wellness Magazine, that in the Fall issue of the magazine, they would be debuting their 10 BCW Bloggers in a double page spread, sharing not only their pictures and bios, but also inviting them to post a blog on the Breast Cancer Wellness website. [...]

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