About 30% of people diagnosed with breast cancer at any stage will develop distal metastasis. I am one.
It’s been a very difficult year for me. All those friends who died, first of all. In addition, the pain (I rebel at calling it “my” pain) increased and my resilience decreased to the point that in March I finally accepted narcotics for pain relief. I am glad I did,...
In reference to Ms Keller’s astonishing piece “Forget funeral selfies. What are the ethics of tweeting a terminal illness?” published online on 8 January 2014. First, my full disclosure: Like Lisa Bonchek Adams, I have Stage IV (advanced, metastatic) breast cancer, although I am perhaps not as close to the...
Anyone who is affected by metastatic breast cancer is invited to submit a post for me to publish during the month of October. There is some background in a post from two weeks ago, We are the 30%. This is an invitation to women living with metastatic breast cancer men...
Well, my friends, it’s almost here. Drum roll, please…. Pinktober! Yes, in two weeks Breast Cancer Awareness Month will start and we will be inundated with all sorts of well-meaning pink messages about “saving the boobies”. I’ve written about this before–and I’m sure I will again. I’m not against breast cancer...
HELP WANTED! I am putting together a page of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) resources for the blog. Do you have a favorite site about MBC (or a general site that has a section for MBC)? Please post a link in the Comments and I’ll see if it can be included....
I want to write a blog post today, but I don’t have a topic. I mean, it’s not like there aren’t plenty of topics floating around. I could just reach out my hand and grab one, but none of them are really calling my name. Yet I have the urge...
My most recent post was a reblog of “Starting to see the light” from the blog “Living Life to the Fullest from End Stage”. There is a sentence stating that at the top, above the graphic. It was not my post. But the WordPress reblogging layout is confusing. I apologize. The...
Early in July I have an appointment with my oncologist. She is younger than I, but more and more people are these days. Her father is an extremely well-respected doctor in his field, a longtime member of the Israeli medical elite. I don’t think she rode on his coattails throughout...
Please, please, please read Scorchy Barrington’s latest post “Chronic Illness”. Scorchy has outdone herself in this valuable post. Starting from the point of her mets diagnosis just a few months ago, she continues with a critical reading of the Komen organization and then moves smoothly to Peggy Orenstein’s brilliant article...
Here’s an idea. I’m wondering if anyone else would be interested in a blog by and for people affected by Stage IV breast cancer. My vision is that a core group of two or three (more if interested) people would commit to writing one post a week and manage the...
