Good morning! Picking up where I left off last week with Breast Cancer Awareness month educational tiles from Metavivor: In 2017, I was 38 and had never had a mammogram because I did not yet meet the criteria for screening. I received my first mammogram in the process of my de novo diagnosis and if … Continue reading MBC BCAM awareness #2
Each October, Metavivor shares tiles of educational information and 2025 is no different. I'll be sharing information throughout the month as I have the time/bandwidth and today I'm catching up on the first week of tiles: Approximately 117 people in the United States die every day from Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) -- that's … Continue reading Catching up on some MBC BCAM awareness!
While we don't see the fall seasons so much here in Florida from the trees, the rising incidences of pink smothered whatever always reminds me that October has arrived. Similar to other holidays, retailers get a start earlier and earlier in the year to capitalize on a larger timeline for sales. And while some of … Continue reading It’s October Again … 2025
The post reflects on the fatigue and frustration associated with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, particularly focusing on Pinkwashing and the need for genuine support for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients. Acknowledging the complexities of cancer experiences, it urges thoughtful engagement, awareness of financial contributions, and recognition of all cancer patients' realities.
While we don't see the fall seasons so much here in Florida from the trees, the rising incidences of pink smothered whatever always reminds me that October has arrived. Similar to other holidays, retailers get a start earlier and earlier in the year to capitalize on a larger timeline for sales. And while some of … Continue reading It’s October Again …
Every year around this time, I start to see lots and lots and lots of ads about breast cancer and breast cancer awareness -- to be honest, it starts earlier and earlier each year. October is the month that is set aside for Breast Cancer Awareness month (BCAM) and whenever I start to think that … Continue reading Thinking about October, 2022
Thank you for sticking with me this month! October tends to be a long month for those of us living with cancer. It's triggering, it brings up memories, it can cause consternation in the extreme. And yet, we survived another October. My purpose in sharing my story and the details of living with Stage IV … Continue reading October/Pinktober 2021, wrapping up
As you consider how you will celebrate Halloween and the end of October, consider this number of men and women in the US who are no longer with us. This number is an average of the number of people we lose in the US all year, but the point is the same. While we get … Continue reading BCAM 2021: Day #31 and Happy Halloween
I don't know the details of this survey like how the participants were found or the demographics, but I do know that the results are really frustrating. There are so many myths that have become so mainstream that it's hard to address them. So many people think that those of us who have MBC are … Continue reading BCAM 2021: Day #30
I've participated thus far in three different clinical trials. None of the clinical trials involved medication, but rather different ways of testing and interacting with different types of tissue. Sometimes I've participated by sending the paraffin blocks of tumor cells (also called "tumor blocks") and sometimes I've participated by having blood draws at various times … Continue reading BCAM 2021: Day #28
No Half Measures 