Thankful to Marie at Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer for gathering up amazing blogs every single week and sharing her weekly round up. Sharing here so you can learn more about the various bloggers she brings together week after week — each of them is worth a follow! Warmly, Abigail https://journeyingbeyondbreastcancer.com/2026/01/04/weekly-round-up-the-new-years-edition-5/
2025 was a bit of a dumpster fire in relation to my medical care. It is only now looking back on the previous 12 months that I can begin to see just how bad it really was. It wasn’t just the specific side effects of Enhertu that put me into a foggy state most of … Continue reading Medical updates, January 2026
Entering 2026, the author reminisces about words selected previously and announces her word for 2026.
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
Just popping in with a quick update as I've been remiss lately in keeping everyone updated. When so much is happening and changing in a short period of time, it's easy to forget that everyone else isn't doing this strange one foot in medical offices and the other in the real world existence. Periods of … Continue reading Navigating the Gray Areas of Cancer Treatment
For the past few months, I have been in at least weekly and sometimes daily contact with either my insurance company, various medical providers, Medicare or all of the above. While I’ve dealt with what I often call “paperwork hell” since my de novo Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) diagnosis since 2017, this fresh experience has … Continue reading Your Cheat Sheet for Medical Billing and Insurance Challenges
As we prepare for a last getaway for the summer of 2025 and prepare to go back to school for the 2025/2026 school year (will have a 5th and 7th grader this year!), I realized that I passed eight (8) years of living with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) in June and didn't mark … Continue reading Medical Updates, August 2025
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