Talking with Children About a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
By Hollye Harrington Jacobs, RN, MS, MSW on May 15th, 2013 Categories: Day-to-Day MattersHaving to tell children about a breast cancer diagnosis is rotten. I mean, really, as if having breast cancer isn’t hard enough. However (based on my professional experience as a nurse and my personal experience as a patient), I know that including children in the process — from the time of a diagnosis — is the most important thing that we adults can do for …
(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 …
Mothers, Daughters, Grandmothers, Sisters, Aunts & Girlfriends: The Link of Hope
By Patricia San Pedro on March 20th, 2013 Categories: The Breast Cancer Journey“The woman is the foundation on which nations are built. She is the heart of her nation. If that heart is weak, the people are weak. If her heart is strong and her mind is clear, then the nation is strong and knows its purpose. The woman is the center of everything.”
Art Solomon
Ojibwe elder and spiritual leader
For the People: Teachings on the …
Yoga and Healing – A Personal Journey
By Michelle Didner on March 4th, 2013 Categories: The Breast Cancer JourneyI woke up on my 38th birthday to the cool, green walls of a hospital room in Stamford, Connecticut. Just a week earlier, I was on holiday with my husband and 2-year-old son on Block Island. I stood, on my mobile phone, outside the town bookshop as my doctor explained that I needed to be back in Stamford immediately to meet with a surgeon. …
Joy Is the Choice
By Patricia San Pedro on December 5th, 2012 Categories: The Breast Cancer JourneyI was born in Cuba and moved to Miami with my mom and dad when I was just 4 years old. We escaped the Communist regime and made a home on Miami Beach. I’ve been blessed with a beautiful and hectic (by choice) life. I’ve worked hard but my jobs have always been fun and entertaining. On the personal side, I danced my way from …
