Trying and Crying, an Igloo Made of Tears: Employment After Cancer
Underneath this melting snow, there is life, an endless cycle of renewal.
#EXPOSED: Storming Fashion Week with a Band of Breast Cancer Warriors
I’m so proud and so thrilled to have been a part of something that might help pave the way for others in our cancer tribe .
Figuring Out the Why and Using It to Drive Your Passion
I vividly recall sitting on the floor of my shower with water and tears streaming down my face trying to figure it all out. I could not stop thinking . . . Why? Why me? What did I do wrong? On July 28, 2005, my son’s first birthday, I was diagnosed with breast cancer...
Turn Your Passion Into Support
Do What You Love While Supporting YSC It’s been an awesome month so far as we honor our many YSC Champions. These incredible individuals take time from their busy lives to help spread awareness that young women can and do get breast cancer. They go above and...
RISE To Advocate For Young Women Facing Breast Cancer
RISE: Respected Influences through Science and Education It’s been nearly a year since we launched our exciting breast cancer advocacy training program: RISE. We selected 10 incredible RISE Advocates who spent the last year learning about the science of breast cancer...
Court Approved! We’re Ready To Adopt
Our Adoption Process: Part 3 Last month, I offered an update on our adoption process and wanted to check back in. My husband and I had just submitted all our documents after undergoing quite a few steps, both administratively and emotionally. So far, I was most...
Just Keep Knitting
I’ve been a knitter off and on since I was twelve. In my thirties, I started getting serious about advancing my knitting skills and learning how to incorporate knitting into my career as a therapist. It was fun to challenge myself by learning new patterns and stitches...
Celebrating National Health Center Week
Today marks the start of National Health Center Week, which highlights the great impact of community health centers across the nation. Over the last 50 years, these health centers have provided invaluable preventive and primary care services to underserved...
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding After Breast Cancer
My husband, Matt, and I had always planned to have at least two children. After my breast cancer diagnosis at age 27 while five months pregnant with our first child, we weren’t sure anymore. A normal pregnancy quickly changed into a high-risk one while I underwent a...
That’s What Friends Are For
I am writing this from Montreal, about 350 miles from my home in New York City. I came for my cousin’s wedding, and that was lovely—but I arranged my return trip around the chance to see my YSC friend Theresa, a native New Yorker who now, with her husband and two...
Vascularized Lymph Node Transplant: New Hope for a Big Problem
Lymphedema—permanent swelling in the arm or breast following removal of lymph nodes—is typically not a big concern for women initially diagnosed with breast cancer. The clear priority is to treat the tumor, which leaves lymphedema on the back burner…until it becomes...
A Recurrent Theme
People who have been diagnosed with breast cancer know what it’s like to have their lives eclipsed by an unwanted, malicious force. Your hopes and dreams get put on hold and the only approach is to fight. And fight. And when we’re done fighting cancer, we’re left...Dating With Breast Cancer
Dating is hard in today’s world, but try dating with cancer. There are so many questions on how to bring up the subject of your diagnosis when meeting someone new. Questions like, should I tell them that I have cancer? How do I explain that I may not feel well...
