About 30% of people diagnosed with breast cancer at any stage will develop distal metastasis. I am one.
In 2010 when I was 37, I found a lump in my breast one afternoon. The cold weather was making it hurt, and it itched. I tried to locate it again later, but failed. It seemed to come and go, coinciding with my period, and always itched, always hurt. Everything...
Q: WOW! You’re stage 4? You look great! You must not be taking treatments. A: Thank you, I do. YES I’m IN treatment. And, without a miraculous intervention, will be until I stop treatment for quality of life or because there is no longer an effective treatment. Not every...
Project Occupy Pinktober: Throughout the month of October 2014, I am bringing guest posts from people who have been touched by metastatic breast cancer. Breast cancer is not pink and fluffy; it is a killer disease. This is not about saving breasts; it’s about saving lives. Thirty percent of everyone...
Project Occupy Pinktober: Throughout the month of October 2014, I am bringing guest posts from people who have been touched by metastatic breast cancer. Breast cancer is not pink and fluffy; it is a killer disease. This is not about saving breasts; it’s about saving lives. Thirty percent of everyone...
Project Occupy Pinktober: Throughout the month of October 2014, I am bringing guest posts from people who have been touched by metastatic breast cancer. Breast cancer is not pink and fluffy; it is a killer disease. This is not about saving breasts; it’s about saving lives. Thirty percent of everyone...
Project Occupy Pinktober: Throughout the month of October 2014, I am bringing guest posts from people who have been touched by metastatic breast cancer. Breast cancer is not pink and fluffy; it is a killer disease. This is not about saving breasts; it’s about saving lives. Thirty percent of everyone...
Project Occupy Pinktober begins today. Throughout the month of October 2014, I am bringing guest posts from people who have been touched by metastatic breast cancer. Breast cancer is not pink and fluffy; it is a killer disease. This is not about saving breasts; it’s about saving lives. Thirty percent of everyone who...
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...
“We all have to go sometime.” “Yes, but some of us already have our boarding pass.” That used to be my snappy comeback when healthy people tried to compare the natural end of their lives to the probability of an untimely end to mine. I stopped saying it for a...
Yes, in a few short weeks it will once again be Pinktober, the annual pink, fluffy feel-good fest that passes for breast cancer awareness during the month of October in the USA and online. There is no reason to expect that metastatic breast cancer will get any more attention that...
