Category Archive: Advocacy

Weekly Round-Up

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Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blogs 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… Continue reading

Weekly Round-Up

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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… Continue reading

Friday Round-Up

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I couldn’t let this last Friday of the year pass by without sharing what the writers in the BC blogosphere have been reflecting and commenting on this week. In Closing Out Another Year,… Continue reading

Motivation Monday

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Thanks to Jan Hasak for standing in the gap today with her inspirational contribution to Motivation Monday.  As a patient-advocate for the Lymphedema Advocacy Group, I grabbed the rare opportunity to go to… Continue reading

Ready for some shhmoozing? How technology can help with your cancer recovery

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In recent years, social networking services and the ever-changing digital technology landscape have affected many sectors of the global healthcare industry. Patients are using social networks to learn more about their health conditions and… Continue reading

Passing of acclaimed film producer and cancer activist

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I was saddened to hear of the death this week of acclaimed film producer and cancer activist Laura Ziskin.  Ziskin, who lived with breast cancer for seven years, was a co-founder of Stand… Continue reading

Weekly Round Up

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Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blogs over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share… Continue reading

Living Beyond Diagnosis

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  Anna Wallace is a highly motivated breast cancer advocate, who was so inspired by attending the 10th annual conference for younger women affected by breast cancer in 2010, that she came back to the UK with… Continue reading

Conference for Young Women Affected By Breast Cancer

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Being diagnosed with breast cancer at any age is an overwhelming and frightening experience, but being diagnosed with breast cancer when you are a younger woman brings its own unique challenges. Facing a… Continue reading

Weekly Round-Up

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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… Continue reading