Tammie and I at the Pink Power Mom brunch. When I attended the Bright Starts Pink Power Mom fifth anniversary in November, I was overwhelmed by the magnitude of caring and accomplished women in one place. It was a challenge to get to speak with the almost 40 Pink Power Moms over the weekend, but [...]
I read a heartbreaking post from a fellow blogger, whose health and finances have been drained by cancer treatments. At a time when her focus needs to be on healing, she is struggling to make ends meet. Unable to help her boyfriend keep up mortgage payments, she had to move from her beautiful home to [...]
I used to feel “lucky” that if I had to get cancer, at least it was one that received so many dollars for research and support. After all, it has almost become the “cool cancer,” what with all the pink merchandise and hoopla. And then there’s that pink sisterhood of support. I’ve been questioning the [...]
The Annie Appleseed conference was a great venue to connect in person with people I’ve only met online. One of them is miracle survivor Jeannine Walston, our guest blogger today. A 13-year brain tumor survivor, Jeannine was first diagnosed in March 1998 at age 24. Her experience led her to helping others find integrative [...]
Sure we have flaws in our health care system. But imagine being diagnosed with cancer in a country where even the most basic health care services are hard to find? Today we’re featuring a guest post by Mandy Machado with the International International Network for Cancer Research and Treatment (INCTR). The non-governmental organization focuses on [...]
A friend shared a beautiful story on Facebook today about an elderly couple in Canada who won more than $11 million in the lottery and gave every penny of it away. Ironically the couple’s name is Large, but they don’t live that way. The kicker is that Violet Large has cancer and just finished chemo. You’d [...]
One thing I’ve learned about cancer and the people affected by it: the disease blurs the divisions in so many people. I hate to admit it, but I used to judge people by their political affiliation. “If you’re like me, you’re right; if not, you’re wrong.” Things have changed since I was diagnosed. Cancer doesn’t [...]
I know I promised one more installment of Terry McBride’s interview, but I feel I need to address the ridiculous recommendations for breast cancer screening released recently. A government task force has ignored the American Cancer Society’s and most doctors’ recommendations for getting annual mammograms at age 40 and doing self breast exams. They’re saying you don’t need [...]
With the health care reform bill heading toward the Senate, I thought I’d share a story from one of the Miracle Survivors who is a strong advocate for cancer research dollars. Penny Feddick, who was diagnosed with Stage IV non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2002, never dreamed she would later stand in front of a presidential candidate fighting [...]
Should paying for treatment cause unnecessary pain? I’m sitting here at the IU Simon Cancer Center to get a second opinion – well actually my third – from Dr. George Sledge, one of the premier breast cancer oncologists in the country. He is the keynote speaker at next month’s Living Beyond Breast Cancer conference in Philadelphia [...]
