There are people who change your life in dramatic ways and then there are the people who change your life quietly: the ones who never make headlines. The ones who don’t arrive with trumpets or grand speeches. The ones who simply show up, over and over again, until their presence becomes woven into the fabric … Continue reading Gratitude for the People Who Stay
Nine (9) years is a strange country to inhabit when you were once told you might only have months. Time changes shape when it is measured not in vacations or promotions or retirement plans, but in scan dates, infusion schedules, pathology reports, and the quiet calculations you do before every holiday, every birthday, every milestone, … Continue reading Nine Year Metaversary
I have never known quite what to do with the word brave. It shows up so quickly whenever people witness suffering, ready in their mouths like a ceremonial offering. You’re so brave. They say it softly, reverently, as though bravery is the natural companion to illness, grief, fear, survival. As though courage blooms automatically inside … Continue reading “You’re so Brave”
Recently, in a support group I’ve been moderating with my Dad, a mental health therapist, since the long blur of COVID, I offered a small piece of homework—something I rarely do. But sometimes you can feel the shift before anyone names it, the quiet sag of spirits, the way the room grows heavier even through … Continue reading Finding Glimmers in the Weight of Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC)
During the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), I had the privilege of participating in a panel discussion that was a collaboration between the Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation, the Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance (MBCA), the American Association of Clinical Research (AACR) and the Advanced Breast Cancer Global Alliance (ABCGA). Dr Fatima Cordoso and Teri … Continue reading Clinical Trials, Part II: Informed Consent
During the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), I had the privilege of participating a panel discussion that was a collaboration between the Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation, the Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance (MBCA), the American Association of Clinical Research (AACR) and the Advanced Breast Cancer Global Alliance (ABCGA). Dr Fatima Cordoso and Teri Pollastro … Continue reading Finding Clinical Trials: A Patient’s Guide
When we add up all of the chaos, only exacerbated by the perpetual news cycle, the burden of trying to find truth when no one gives us everything, it is entirely reasonable to feel paralyzed, to feel as though all hope is lost, to not know where to turn. Whenever I turn on the news, … Continue reading Navigating Life’s Turmoil: A Call for Connection and Action
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.
No Half Measures 