Since some breast cancer treatments can compromise bone strength and lead to osteoporosis, bone health can be a significant long-term concern for young women. In this podcast from Living Beyond Breast Cancer you can listen to an overview of bone health, explore how treatment impacts bone loss and learn about methods for monitoring bone health [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Breast cancer and bone health
Posted in Podcasts, tagged Breast cancer and bone health, increasing bone strength, osteoporosis on February 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Annual Conference for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer
Posted in Conferences, Seminars, Public Information Sessions, Younger Women and Breast Cancer, tagged breast cancer conference, Florida, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Orlando, Young Survivor Coalition, Young Women with Breast Cancer on February 24, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I am all packed and ready for the 11th Annual Conference for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer, which takes place this weekend, in Orlando, FL. This will be my second time attending the conference and the first time back in 2006 I was just 6 months out of treatment, and I remember marvelling at [...]
In the Trenches, Together
Posted in Guest Blog, Psychological impact of cancer, tagged friends with cancer, friendship, Psychological impact of cancer on February 23, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Today’s guest blog is one woman’s powerful story of dealing with a double blow – a diagnosis of cancer at the same time as one of her best friends. Here Nancy Hicks tells what happened to their friendship ”when cancer dive-bombed both” their lives. In the Trenches, Together You’d think that having a friend going through the worst thing [...]
Scientists discover key breast cancer gene
Posted in Medical Update, Research, tagged breast cancer gene, breast cancer research, Cancer Research UK, Dr Lesley Walker, her2, what is an oncogene?, ZNF703 on February 22, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Cancer experts have identified a gene which can cause a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer to develop. ZNF703 is the first “oncogene” to be discovered in five years. It is overactive in around one in 12 breast cancers, and could account for up to 4,000 cases a year. Cancer Research UK, whose scientists carried [...]
Meat Free Monday
Posted in Healthy Recipes, Recipe, tagged Avocado and Almond Salad on February 21, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Many people have negative misconceptions about avocados mainly because of the fruit’s high fat content, but the avocado is a wonderful source of nutritional value. Avocados are listed as a “nutrient superstar” in the American Diabetes Association’s Diabetes Food and Nutrition Bible. Some of the nutritional benefits found in avocados are potassium, folate, B-vitamins and vitamin [...]
Choose empowerment
Posted in Inspiration, tagged empowerment, healing, Ingrid Bacci, Inspiration, personal growth on February 20, 2011 | 8 Comments »
In order to heal, you must commit yourself to the possibility of living free of fear, anxiety, anger, pain and illness. No matter how difficult your situation, you must decide inwardly that you want to and will head in the direction of what is empowering for you. Just as a sailor must steer his boat [...]
Meet Breast Cancer Woman
Posted in Guest Blog, Survivorship, Younger Women and Breast Cancer, tagged Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, young breast cancer survivor on February 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today’s guest post comes from Christina Dowling Olachia, a 37 year old mother of two wonderful, precocious boys, a wife and a breast cancer survivor. Christina’s stage 2B, Triple Negative Breast Cancer came on January 27, 2006 following a biopsy. Her blog, The Uniboob Club is all about finding humor in the journey. Christina writes: “ I have faced this beast [...]
Weekly Round-Up
Posted in Advocacy, Breast cancer awareness, Family, Friday Round-Up, Fundraising, tagged breast cancer lymph node surgery, effect of breast cancer on family members, LIVESTRONG, pets with cancer on February 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Time 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 something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you. Just click on the highlighted links to read the posts. If you have written a post [...]
Poetry Friday
Posted in poetry, tagged e.e. cummings, heart, i carry your heart with me, love poem, poetry friday on February 18, 2011 | 8 Comments »
i carry your heart with me i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling) [...]
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