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Writing & Healing: Using Mindfulness and Creativity to Become Whole Again
My first diagnosis of breast cancer was a surprise. I was too young. There was no breast cancer in the family, but this rational defense didn’t stop what was to be: four diagnoses and eight surgeries...
View ArticleBook Review: How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick
Peruse any bookstore. Inspiring stories of triumph over cancer and tales of subsequent total life transformation abound. Heck, check out the hospital room window ledge, the oncologist’s waiting room,...
View ArticlePrompting the Healing Power of Writing
Writing & Healing: A Mindful Guide for Cancer Survivors uses a “prompt” to literally prompt the writing. It could be an object from a basket, as seen in the picture above, with the suggestion to...
View ArticleHope and Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Now in Paperback
Remember when your doctor told you that you had breast cancer? “Oh, yes,” you sigh. And remember when your doctor told you it was an especially aggressive form called triple-negative, or estrogen...
View ArticleMetastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day 2014
Today is National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, established in 2009 when nine members of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Network lobbied Congress to designate October 13 as a day of recognition...
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Imerman Angels: Free One-on-One Cancer Support Wherever You Are
The pain was sudden and excruciating. Jonny Imerman, 26, doubled over and dropped his pool cue. He managed to leave the Ann Arbor, Michigan bar that Saturday night in 2001 and get to an emergency room,...
View ArticleManaging the Emotions Around Metastatic Breast Cancer
Shock, anger, terror, loss of control — these are just some of the feelings that can hit when a person is diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. And most people living with metastasis would agree...
View ArticleWe Hear Your Frustration With Low Libido and Vaginal Dryness!
We know that reclaiming your sexual self after a breast cancer diagnosis can be incredibly challenging. It doesn’t help that there are no approved drugs for lowered libido (sexual desire) in women, and...
View ArticleBald, Fat & Crazy: Wig Shopping
From the Publisher: When Stephanie, an occupational therapist, tri-athlete, and mother of one, was 37 years old, she was in the midst of adopting a daughter from China, had accepted she wouldn’t get...
View ArticleGenetic Testing and Your Family Relationships
With the approach of Mother’s Day in the United States in May, followed soon after by Father’s Day, our thoughts often turn to our grandparents and parents, aunts and uncles. If your family has...
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