T for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me … Weekly Round-Up
Outliers/Unicorns/Exceptional Responders/Outliving Statistics
This post is a follow up to the one I published last week on the 6th anniversary of learning that I'd had Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) from the beginning (a/k/a de novo). You can read that previous post here. Based on some of the feedback and comments from that earlier post and other … Continue reading Outliers/Unicorns/Exceptional Responders/Outliving Statistics
ReBlog from Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer: Weekly Round-Up
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On outliving the statistics …
June 27, 2017 was the day that we learned for sure that I had Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC). It was the conversation where my medical oncologist at the time (he since retired) said that instead of cancer being something that I wouldn't die from and could be curable, Stage IV meant that there … Continue reading On outliving the statistics …
ReBlog from Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer: Weekly Round-Up
T for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me … Weekly Round-Up
It’s Pride month …
and living here in Florida means this month is especially poignant. I recently wrote this article for AdvancedBreastCancer.net about what being an ally to those in the LGBTQIA+ community looks like from a Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) perspective. Here's the bottom line for me .... we are all different human beings and deserve … Continue reading It’s Pride month …
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T for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me … Weekly Round-Up
Empowerment
As with so many of my musings, this post is based on a conversation that began on Twitter. Some time ago, a researcher posted a request for "words of #empowerment," from people who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, to be "used in #cancer resources," acknowledging that some verbiage can be patronizing. There was a … Continue reading Empowerment
ReBlog from Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer: Weekly Round-Up
T for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me … Weekly Round-Up
Prior Authorizations
For anyone who hasn't had to deal with lots of medications and appointments and prior authorizations, please take a moment to be super grateful for this. For those of us who have an ongoing illness (chronic or terminal), I suspect that you might be shuddering or feeling the hairs raise on the back of your … Continue reading Prior Authorizations
No Half Measures 