Metastatic Breast Cancer: How Holley Kitchen Changed the Game
By Claire Nixon on January 27th, 2016 Categories: The Breast Cancer JourneyHolley Kitchen seemed to arrive out of nowhere. She was 42 and living in Cedar Park, Texas, with her husband and two boys, and she’d been living with metastatic breast cancer since 2013. In the spring of 2015, Holley posted a homemade video on Facebook. In the video, she used a series of note cards and poignant, even humorous facial expressions to explain what it’s …
Speak to Me Stillness
By Pamela Post-Ferrante on December 23rd, 2015 Categories: The Breast Cancer JourneySince my first cancer diagnosis in 1993, I have practiced meditation. Nothing fancy, just following my breath. I was initially breathing myself away from the loud speakers in my head suggesting that I work harder to get well or do a better job, in general.
Many years later, I am able to follow the breath for an hour. But every practice, no matter how short, …
Jesse Case on Community: “We Have Each Other. It’s Okay.”
By Claire Nixon on December 17th, 2015 Categories: Community KnowledgeThis month, we’re wrapping up our three-part series with 29-year-old standup comic Jesse Case. In part one and part two, we get into his diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer earlier this year, his connection to Breastcancer.org, and what it’s like to go out and do standup comedy between treatments. He podcasts each week at Jesse vs. Cancer, an hour-long show that’s funny, …
2015 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Coverage
By Claire Nixon on December 14th, 2015 Categories: Research NewsWe’re proud to bring you our coverage of the 2015 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium! Below you can find our coverage of breast cancer study results presented December 8-12, 2015 in San Antonio, TX. Keep checking this page for updates in Research News and podcasts with our experts!
[Editor’s Note: Updates will be added to the top of this page.]
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Mixed Feelings During the Holidays?
By Tamara Shulman, Ph.D., F.A.A.C.P. on December 2nd, 2015 Categories: The Breast Cancer JourneyMost families are more of a mixed bunch of emotions than we see in the photo of matching outfits and happy smiles on holiday cards. Life cannot be photo-shopped, so in our own lives we see what really happens when the camera is off.
The holidays bring a mix of happiness and stress, hopefulness and memories, and mixed emotions for many of us. All of …
