Positives About Negative
When I was diagnosed with hormone-receptor-negative breast cancer, I required a positive attitude of myself—I was not going to let a disease have the upper hand. I hope I can share some at that attitude with you while I offer what I have learned in my trek through this disease as a patient and medical writer. It's a given that life ends in death. Cancer just makes you face that inevitability more directly than you might have before. To me, that means living fully right now.
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Feb 08, 12 12:41PMCalm Spirit. That’s what Madlyn Ferraro calls this beautiful painting. It’s the kind of art that makes me stop and wonder about the story behind the image. Who is this woman, what is sh e...
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Feb 07, 12 05:44PMDo breast cancers develop the same way as fetal breast stem cells? Scientists at the Salk Institute of Biologic Studies think so. And their recent research, published in Cell Stem Cell (February 2, 2012...
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Feb 05, 12 01:58PMWhen my daughter was just a wee thing—three or four or so—she was in her room, crying. I went in and asked her what was wrong. "Sometimes you just need to be sad," she said. So true. So metimes...
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Feb 04, 12 07:37PMI got this wisdom from a fortune cookie:Nature, time and patience are the three great healers.We often need to be open in our definition of the word "heal." It might mean making our body better. But it...
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Jan 28, 12 06:32AMBreathe in.Breathe out.Breathe in.Breathe out.And think of someplace beautiful while you're doing it. Photo by Pat: The East Spanish Peak, near Walsenburg, Colorado
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Jan 27, 12 04:25PMWe know that women with triple-negative breast cancer are more likely to be young and premenopausal and that African-American Women are disproportionately affected by the disease. Now, a study in the Journal...
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Jan 26, 12 05:03PMThese ruins of a coalmining town in Southern Colorado have always intrigued me. They’re what remains of a community or business center. I imagine workers trudging up the steps to pick up a che ck...
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Jan 25, 12 02:55PMThe Avastin storyline continues, with research showing once again that the drug (generic name: bevacizumab) can benefit women with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Two studies, both focused on the...
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Jan 25, 12 12:13PMThe Rational Therapeutics blog has a post on Vitamin D and triple-negative breast cancer that I find especially intriguing. For example, vitamin D actually operates like a hormone and interacts with other...
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