(Un) Common Knowledge Transcript
By Patricia Prijatel on April 3rd, 2013 Categories: Day-to-Day Matters, Symptoms & DiagnosisBelow is an edited version of the webinar I presented through the Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Foundation October 16, 2012. You can still get the actual webinar on the Foundation’s site. It was based on questions sent in from women with TNBC.
I was diagnosed with hormone negative breast cancer in 2006, and I’ve been studying this disease since then, reading research papers, interviewing experts and …
SABCS: A Recap of Triple-Negative Research
By Patricia Prijatel on December 11th, 2012 Categories: Research News, Symptoms & Diagnosis, Treatment & Side EffectsThe best news from the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium is its emphasis on triple-negative breast cancer. There are so many papers presented on the subject that I can’t keep up. Those of us who have been hanging around this dance for a long time—I was diagnosed in 2006—remember the frustration of seeing and hearing little about this disease from researchers and nothing from …
Giving Thanks in My Seventh Decade
By Patricia Prijatel on July 18th, 2012 Categories: The Breast Cancer Journey[This was originally published on Positives About Negative on January 2, 2011.]
I turned 65 last week and I am not sure what to make of it. Yes, getting older is better than the alternative, as my bout with cancer made extremely clear. Still, that’s old. Medicare old. If I got robbed, the news story could very well describe me as elderly.
I was diagnosed …
What, Me Worry? And Worry, and Worry
By Patricia Prijatel on March 29th, 2012 Categories: The Breast Cancer JourneyI know a woman who has lived more than 30 years after a diagnosis of estrogen-negative breast cancer. When I asked her recently if she still worried about it returning, she said, “Not really.” I love that the fear eventually goes away, but I hope it is far sooner than 30 years, as by then I will be 90 and, at the rate I am …
Holiday Stress + Breast Cancer = A Challenge
By Patricia Prijatel on December 22nd, 2011 Categories: The Breast Cancer JourneyIt’s the most wonderful time of the year, croons Andy Williams over the store’s loud speaker. Really? I think. I’m sure the retailer wants me to agree with Andy, which might mean I’ll toss some more goodies into my cart. But I am not convinced. Buying stuff does not equal happiness, nor does piped-in music mean all is wonderful. I leave the store …
