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Learn what it's like to be a man with breast cancer

traveltext
traveltext Member Posts: 1,055
edited April 2022 in Male Breast Cancer

Michelle Beck from the Breast Friends Cancer Support Network did an extended interview with me about my experiences, from diagnosis to treatment and as a patient advocate.

Video – you can watch or download the video here: https://youtu.be/m5B0RrpQDU0

Audio – you can download (or listen here). You can download by clicking on the "Download MP3" link on the left side of the page under the mall logo. https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/136205/male-breast-cancer-not-just-a-female-disaese

Comments

  • elderberry
    elderberry Member Posts: 1,067

    Great interview. I am so glad you did it!! Let's have blue pompoms in October. I really and have always HATED pink. Can you maybe post your MANifesto?

  • traveltext
    traveltext Member Posts: 1,055

    Ha, thanks elderberry.

    https://malebc.org/manifesto/

  • moderators
    moderators Posts: 8,570

    This is wonderful, traveltext! Thank you so much for sharing with the community!

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  • serendipity09
    serendipity09 Member Posts: 769

    Traveltext - this is awesome. Thanks for sharing. Men are so underrepresented when it comes to BC, probably because it's commonly associated as a woman's "illness" for lack of a better term

    I second the blue pompoms in October lol.


  • elderberry
    elderberry Member Posts: 1,067

    taveltext: Thanks for the link. I so TOTALLY agree. Men are never mentioned except in ads that promise Stage IV HER2- an extra 8-10 months of life which isn't very uplifting either.

    MODS: Fix my signature line. I AM NOT HER2- !!!! I keep going back to my Profile to fix but it says HER2+ there and has an extra ER-/PR- that I never entered. EVER