A collection of resources on the topic of "Breast Cancer". View all Topics
06.08.22
No one ever wants to hear the words “breast cancer,” in relation to themselves, or any person they love. But as power and direction can come from words and actions following such a diagnosis, many...
11.19.21
Between 2019 and 2020, Courtney Lamb of Marlborough, MA, went through chemo, radiation and multiple surgeries to treat Stage 3 breast cancer. Then she got long COVID before vaccines were available and...
10.21.21
I had moved to Texas with my two sons in early 2020, and was diagnosed with breast cancer later that year. At the time, we were waiting for my husband, Nic, to join us … the timing of ...
10.14.21
When you find out someone close to you has been diagnosed with cancer, you may be wondering: What do I say? What can I do for them? While there’s not often a clear answer to this question, one meani...
09.02.21
Jennifer Ndegwa and her husband, Nic, were living 8,700 miles apart in August 2020—not by choice—when Jen had to break the news via WhatsApp that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. It was ...
01.20.21
As she watched her mom go through radiation treatment for breast cancer in 2019, high school senior and aspiring medical professional Giovanna Quevedo of Long Beach, CA, got to thinking how scary the ...
12.07.20
I am a spiritual caregiver who had a client, Sara, who let her Stage 1 breast cancer grow over four years before she sought pastoral counseling to decide if she should seek medical treatment. Sara had...
06.30.20
It was Julie Green’s hope that sharing the story of her breast cancer diagnosis in 2016 at age 33—invasive ductal carcinoma with a BRCA2 gene mutation—and her choice to focus on life over de...
03.04.20
Cat Thisius of Rochester, MN, is a preschool teacher by day and a roller derby blocker by night who goes by the name of “The Mad Catter.” Her profession and pastime fall into the category of “ch...
03.04.20
At her 7-month prenatal checkup in Minneapolis, MN, in November 2018, Sarah Hanan was focused on passing her glucose screening so gestational diabetes could be crossed off her list of expectant-mom wo...
