Hugs and Drugs
By Laurel May Bond on June 8th, 2015 Categories: The Breast Cancer JourneyEditor’s Note: This piece was originally published in June 2012 at www.canceristhenewblack.com.
In case you’ve been living under a rock, Amma is an Indian woman who travels around the world giving out hugs. She’s hugged millions and millions of people and in the process collected a large following who claim she’s a saint and has special healing powers. She’s on a U.S. tour now, …
Cancer Is the New Black: Early Excerpts
By Laurel May Bond on May 27th, 2015 Categories: The Breast Cancer JourneyEditor’s note: We’re going back in time to bring you the very first excerpts from journalist Laurel May Bond, who writes the blog Cancer Is the New Black. The following is a personal account of her 2012 diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer. Stay tuned for another installment on June 8, 2015.
A note to those who have great difficulty managing the fear of recurrence:…
Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One Before: What a Long, Strange Trip It’s—…
By Laurel May Bond on April 29th, 2015 Categories: The Breast Cancer JourneyThis whole breast cancer “thing” is turning into the crazy detour I never meant to take. Like most unexpected veerings, it’s had its moments — and, if I’m honest — both good and bad.
I was diagnosed in 2010 with stage I, ER+ breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy and radiation and I thought that would be the end of it. In the Bay Area, …
