About 30% of people diagnosed with breast cancer at any stage will develop distal metastasis. I am one.
I’d like you to meet Nick Sadler, director/producer of Times Like These, a documentary film about male breast cancer featuring my friends Bob DeVito and Bill Becker. Bob is a breast cancer survivor and Bill passed away from the disease last September. Nick tirelessly advocates for male breast cancer awareness....
Bill Becker’s wife Lisa has made the heartbreaking announcement that Bill is taking the final steps of his journey. The end has come very quickly, much faster than expected. It is a shock. I don’t want to eulogize Bill after his death; I want to honor him while he still...
Pink-to-ber n A portmanteau coinage used by many people who live with breast cancer to refer to October, the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is heavily dominated by marketing in the color pink and cute tags like “Save the tatas”. (See Komen, etc.) During the month of October 2013, I am running guest...
Dear Friends, This is a quick note to let you know that Bill, who wrote that wonderful guest post about male breast cancer, is currently in the hospital with heart and lung problems after resuming chemo following a three-week pause due to a bacterial infection. Please keep him and his...
For Mets Monday this week, I am thrilled to present a guest post by Bill Becker. Bill is living with Stage IV breast cancer, and he’s the founder of the Facebook community Breast Cancer Brothers. Bill has agreed to be a regular guest on Telling Knots, so please welcome him warmly!...
I am a wimp. It is so easy for me to sit here and expound: “I am so marginalized! The breast cancer awareness community doesn’t talk about people with mets. We scare them. That 30% figure just doesn’t bear thinking about. That’s why they marginalize us.” And we are marginalized....
