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  • men checking for breast cancer

6 Uplifting Life Lessons from a Man with Breast Cancer

2018-10-09T22:50:36+00:00

Like many breast cancer organizations, we don’t talk about male breast cancer very often. Yet, if we tune into our breast cancer brothers, we all gain. We may even learn a little about the female

6 Uplifting Life Lessons from a Man with Breast Cancer 2018-10-09T22:50:36+00:00
  • adoption after cancer

Becoming a Mom: A Story of Adoption After Cancer

2018-08-22T19:53:17+00:00

Like so many young breast cancer survivors, Beth Gainer faced the harsh reality of infertility after finishing her cancer treatments. To make matters worse, she experienced a divorce, leaving her single with seemingly no chance

Becoming a Mom: A Story of Adoption After Cancer 2018-08-22T19:53:17+00:00
  • fertility and breast cancer

Fertility and Breast Cancer: If I Had Known What I Know Now…

2018-08-22T19:56:36+00:00

Young fertile women get breast cancer. Young women who haven’t built their families yet get breast cancer. Women who dream of being mothers get breast cancer. Fertility and breast cancer is an under-addressed topic in

Fertility and Breast Cancer: If I Had Known What I Know Now… 2018-08-22T19:56:36+00:00
  • forgiveness and cancer

3 Q&A on Forgiveness and Cancer with a Leading Expert

2018-10-09T23:24:16+00:00

As I sit down to write this blog today it has been 13 years, 2 weeks, and 2 days since I lost my mother to cancer. Since her death, like most of us, I have

3 Q&A on Forgiveness and Cancer with a Leading Expert 2018-10-09T23:24:16+00:00
  • dating over 50 without nipples

Dating Over 50… Without Nipples

2018-08-19T23:31:45+00:00

Yes, I'm over 50 and dating, without nipples. Two years before I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma at the age of 47, my husband decided he was done with me. Now before you

Dating Over 50… Without Nipples 2018-08-19T23:31:45+00:00

3 Vital Questions When You Want to Get Your Body Back

2018-10-09T22:55:27+00:00

By Cathy Leman, MA, RD, LD How much time have you spent mourning the body you had in the past? Maybe it's your high school or college body, your pre-kids body, your before breast cancer

3 Vital Questions When You Want to Get Your Body Back 2018-10-09T22:55:27+00:00
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How Do You Explain BRCA to Your Kids?

2018-08-22T21:08:14+00:00

Trying to explain BRCA to your kids is not an easy challenge. Working through their anxieties for you, plus a natural fear of their own potential BRCA mutation, takes love and patience. We are so

How Do You Explain BRCA to Your Kids? 2018-08-22T21:08:14+00:00
  • breast cancer self-care

Where Breast Cancer Self-Care Starts: Loving Your Hurting Self

2018-08-01T12:26:27+00:00

Society likes to talk a lot about self-care: which often translates to a box of chocolates, a bubble bath, and perhaps a glass of wine. Our guest writer, Kim Fredrickson, however, takes the idea of

Where Breast Cancer Self-Care Starts: Loving Your Hurting Self 2018-08-01T12:26:27+00:00

Breast Cancer and Other Cancers: Why Relatives Need to Talk

2017-12-13T05:14:17+00:00

Many of us spend time with relatives over the holidays. We give a canned answer to the inevitable inquiries about health and then move on to more pleasant topics. But maybe you're worried about other

Breast Cancer and Other Cancers: Why Relatives Need to Talk 2017-12-13T05:14:17+00:00

Reflections on Going Flat: Whole Without Breasts

2018-06-30T04:37:42+00:00

This week, as part of our September focus on going flat, we welcome Rebecca Pine. A talented writer and advocate for women with breast cancer, Rebecca shares her experience as a young mother who faced

Reflections on Going Flat: Whole Without Breasts 2018-06-30T04:37:42+00:00