
A Hair Loss Checklist: Steps to Take Before Treatment
By Christine Lafferty on December 21st, 2012 Categories: Treatment & Side EffectsAs women we tend to think about how others react to a diagnosis, sometimes putting aside our own emotions because we want to soothe others. We want to make sure they are all o.k.
If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, when you finally sit down and absorb everything, you know you need a plan. After all the medical decisions are made, and if chemotherapy …

SABCS: A Recap of Triple-Negative Research
By Patricia Prijatel on December 11th, 2012 Categories: Symptoms & DiagnosisThe 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 …

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 …