Chloë’s Story: Fertility and the Single Girl
I’ll be honest from the outset. I’m single, with no children, and I’m 40 in June, and I accept that this current absence of love for another person affects the way I view… Continue reading
Category Archive: Fertility
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Catherine’s Story: The Children of my Daydreams
Years ago, and I mean nearly ten years ago, my husband – then boyfriend – and I would lay in bed on a Saturday morning and not get out till about noon.… Continue reading
A Constant Reminder: Stacey’s Story
When was the first day of your last period? That’s the question the nurse asked me at my annual gynecological exam on Friday. Here’s what I said: I don’t get my period anymore.… Continue reading
Infertility Support Week
Today I want to take an opportunity to let you know what you can expect on the JBBC blog for this coming week. This is a subject very close to my heart. Of all the… Continue reading
Weekly Round Up: The Crowning Glory Edition
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
New Hope for Fertility Preservation In Breast Cancer Patients
Good news for young women with a diagnosis of breast cancer. Adding a hormone-suppressing drug to chemotherapy helps avert premature menopause in hormone-insensitive breast cancer patients, according to a recent clinical trial that some… Continue reading
The Transparency of Asking for Help
Those of you who are regular readers of my Weekly Round-Up will know Justine Brooks Froelker, a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, based on the research of Brené Brown… Continue reading
My Breast Cancer Story
Click here to watch video I really enjoyed the experience of live streaming a talk on my experience of breast cancer for the GE Healthcare Breast Cancer Mosaic. The video is a bit… Continue reading
Breast Cancer: 9 Years On
It seems incredible to me that it is nine years since my diagnosis of breast cancer. When I first started this blog I used to mark my “cancerversary” each year, but I no… Continue reading
What I Wish I’d Known Then…
Jessie Gruman of the Center for Advancing Health is running a blog series on lessons learned about the unique needs and responsibilities of those who have been diagnosed and treated for cancer. The… Continue reading
