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Hard to believe this, but researchers are learning how to potentially target tumors with tiny, robotic ‘nanoworms’ that could administer a lethal dose of an anti-cancer drug without impacting other parts of the body.
Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed these ‘nanoworms’ that cruise through the bloodstream and could act […]
People newly diagnosed with breast cancer have very specific mental health needs. Check out the facts cited in a 2006 Psych Central article:
“While nearly half of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients experience clinically significant mental anguish before treatment begins, the disorders are often unrecognized and undertreated. In a new study by Dartmouth Medical School researchers, […]
Just got this email from Lance Armstrong …thought I’d share it with you (and no, I don’t kid myself by thinking he wrote to me personally):
Tomorrow is LIVESTRONG Day, a day when more than 600 cancer awareness and fundraising events will take place all across the country. Every staff member from my Foundation is attending […]
It just isn’t fair.
Because mothers really, really get it all done, don’t they? They manage the household (the bills, the utilities, the repairs). They cook and they clean and they shop and they launder. They care for the children (the bumps and the bruises, the dentist and doctor appointments, the school/camp/sports registrations). They take care […]
Last night I posted Connie Pombo’s survivor story. I also had the honor of asking her a few questions about survivorship … here’s what she shared:
What was the worst part of your experience with breast cancer?
The worst part of my cancer diagnosis was knowing that I might not be alive to see my children through […]
Today I’m going to share with you the personal breast cancer survivor story of Connie Pombo.
Connie recently shared how her life changed drastically on March 21, 1996 when she heard those fateful words, ‘you have cancer.’
It is my pleasure to share this survivor story with you. Everyone? Meet Connie Pombo:
“What did I do […]
I just settled down to some Friday Night television and what do I find? A Fox New York Breast Cancer Special Report. Quick! Turn on Fox 5 News, now!
No, seriously, there’s only 15 more minutes, you’ll probably miss it. But I did a quick Internet search to find out what I could for you […]
I remember the first time someone put one of these rubber pink awareness bracelets on my wrist. I was at a friend’s for a New Year’s Eve party. I’d just completed my first treatment protocol (a partial mastectomy followed by seven weeks of radiation therapy) and I’d started taking my Tamoxifen. I wasn’t quite ready […]
When I was in the midst of my breast cancer treatment, I felt so needy. The last thing I wanted to do was impose on people (I’d felt I’d imposed enough), but I needed help and I needed it badly. Getting around, feeding my family, caring for my kids, running my errands, keeping up with […]
As you might have been able to glean from yesterday morning’s post, I find myself in a bit of a funk on those days when I have to drive up to Yale for follow up care. I woke up feeling a bit nauseous, unsettled, and yeah, depressed. Happens every time.
But I’m not alone. Up to […]
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