Wrapping Up Infertility Week
It’s time to wrap up this special week of guest posts with deep gratitude to Justine, Laurel, Sharon, Stacey, Catherine and Chloe for generously taking part. In each of their heartfelt stories,… Continue reading
Tag Archive: breast cancer
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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
Would you go through cancer treatment a second time?
I recently received the following e-mail from a health & science writer with NYMag.com: Hi there, I’m a health & science writer with NYMag.com, and I thought I’d reach out to gauge your… Continue reading
When someone you love has cancer
There is nothing as terrifying as hearing you have cancer – except perhaps hearing the news that someone you love has cancer. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, it was a frightening… Continue reading
On Being a Mom with Cancer
Today’s guest post is written by Jennifer Campisano, a first-time mom who was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 32, when her son was just five months old. She writes about navigating… 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
The Angelina Jolie Effect: What Difference Did It Make?
Seems I missed this study published late last year in Genetics In Medicine, a scientific analysis of the Angelina Jolie effect. You will recall that back in May 2013, Angelina Jolie revealed in… Continue reading
Cancer Is A Disease – Not A Spiritual Condition
This is a recent tweet from @boingboing journalist, Xeni Cancer does not automatically make you empathetic to other patients or a nice person. It’s a disease, not a spiritual condition. Would you agree? Some… 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
Angelina Jolie Tackles Cancer Head-On
My Twitter stream this morning was filled with references to Angelina Jolie’s “medical choice” so I clicked on one of the many links to the New York Times Op Ed piece by the… Continue reading
