Recently, I was sitting in a waiting room at my cancer center within the breast cancer clinic, which isn't the most pleasant of places, also I hate to wait, so I'm usually irritated just having to sit there. The room was full of women in various stages of treatment, many sporting the typical trappings of … Continue reading Courtesy
Category: Advocacy
Cancer and corona
I’ve never reblogged an article written by someone else before, but Kit has put into words the frustration I’ve been feeling for a while about the hype surrounding the corona virus!👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻Warning this blog discusses secondary/metastatic/stage 4 breast cancer and the impact of living with a compromised immune system during the corona …Cancer and corona
24
I love 24, the TV show. Elliot and I stumbled upon it years ago when we were staying in a hotel and then we were addicted. We went back to the beginning and watched every single episode more than once. We were binge watching before we knew what that was! And so, as I often … Continue reading 24
How can I help?
I wrote a blog post recently that really resonated with a lot of people about how I feel about dear friends dying and how hard it really is to live with a terminal disease. Yes, despite some efforts to recast Stage IV metastatic breast Cancer as “chronic,” the rate of 116 men and women dying … Continue reading How can I help?
When a friend is dying
Before my diagnosis of Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) in 2017, death wasn’t a concept that had been a significant part of my life experiences. I lost a few grandparents and other extended family as I aged but they were elderly and ill and they were, arguably, ready to be done with living with … Continue reading When a friend is dying
Perspective
I flew to Philadelphia in April of this year (2019) for the Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) Conference. This means I flew from Miami to Philadelphia and then returned. I noticed from the air that the coast looks so very similar no matter where you are. The buildings and trees, the ocean, etc. From thirty … Continue reading Perspective
Health Union Connexion Conference 2019
I arrived on a cold (at least cold for this Florida-girl) and blustery day in Philadelphia for the HU Connexion Conference in October of 2019. This is the third conference of this kind for the parent company behind advancedbreastcancer.net, (aka ABC) which I write for. Health Union, LLC owns and operates more than twenty disease … Continue reading Health Union Connexion Conference 2019
IV: A Documentary Intervention
One of my most favorite things about the trip to DC this year for the Metavivor Stampede and METup's Die In, was the opportunity to participate in the first public readings of IV: A Documentary Intervention. We've been reading the script in workshops via Zoom for the last several weeks and I was familiar with … Continue reading IV: A Documentary Intervention
Grief anniversaries
Saturday mornings have never been the same for me. They are now a Grief Anniversary; a perpetual, involuntary holiday where my heart marks its injury over and over and over again without me getting a say in the matter.Since that terrible day there has rarely been a Saturday morning regardless of what I’ve been in the middle of, when I have … Continue reading Grief anniversaries
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2019
2019 marks the 2nd year in a row that I was able to attend the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). This conference is the largest annual gathering of breast cancer medical professionals in the US and includes attendees from all over the world. The sheer number of languages I heard while walking around is … Continue reading San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2019
No Half Measures 