Metastatic breast cancer survivor: Living with ¡®realistic optimism¡¯
As a metastatic?breast cancer survivor, I participate in a lot of support groups. I¡¯m probably active in at least five or six on Facebook alone. The people I¡¯m closest to are in the ¡°Stage IV Under 40¡± and the ¡°Pregnant or Breastfeeding with Cancer¡± communities.
One of the hardest parts of having metastatic -- or stage IV -- cancer is losing friends in those support groups. And since I was diagnosed in October 2016, I¡¯ve had...
Stage IV breast cancer survivor: Look at your family history
Everyone on my father¡¯s side of the family has died of cancer ¡ª my dad of prostate cancer, my grandpa of lung cancer, and my grandma of kidney...