Support for those diagnosed with breast cancer
Breast cancer knowledge, wisdom and advice by survivors for survivors
Support for those diagnosed with breast cancer
Breast cancer knowledge, wisdom and advice by survivors for survivors
In this edition of the AskEllyn blog, we’ll offer up some suggestions on holiday rituals for cancer survivors to help you and your family find peace and solace. There are years when the holidays feel light — and years when they feel impossibly heavy. This year, for many of us, the weight is unmistakable. We …
A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Reflection on Being Broken, Rebuilt, and More Beautiful Than Before There’s a clean, unignorable fracture that appears in your life the moment you hear the words “You have cancer.” For me, that moment arrived on an ordinary March day—bright sunlight, a regular schedule, a to-do list that used to matter—right up …
A guest blog from Anna Robinett (aka the Closet Lady) The holidays invite us to play — with color, texture, and light — and to celebrate the bodies we live in right now. For those of us embracing flat fashion this season is a chance to express creativity and confidence through fashion that honors our …
I call it chemo brain because that’s the phrase most people use — but clinicians often call it cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI). Whatever the label, it’s real: the fuzzy memory, the words that won’t come, the focus that evaporates halfway through a sentence. I’ve lived with this—brain fog, trouble with word retrieval, ongoing fatigue, and …
If you’ve experienced the kind of hot flash that feels like an internal furnace suddenly flipped to maximum, you’re not alone. For many of us—especially breast cancer survivors who can’t use hormone replacement therapy (HRT)—hot flashes are one of the most frustrating side effects of menopause and treatments like aromatase inhibitors. As someone who’s on …
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