In the new normal after diagnosis, the sudden onslaught of doctor’s visits can be anxiety-inducing. While figuring out my next steps, I realized that self-care needed to be at the top of my list. I needed an arsenal of tools ready on the days that cancer knocked me down. I needed to know how to get my groove back after a difficult doctor’s appointment. I wanted to know how I could be gentle with myself while my world felt like it was closing in around me, and I craved ways to ground myself in the beauty that remained within me and my life.
Breast Cancer
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Hormonal therapies for breast cancer: Weighing benefits and side effects
Studies show some people don’t start and many quit HTs that reduce risk of recurrence, due to intolerable side effects; communication with your provider is key to making informed treatment decisions.
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From Breast Cancer Survivor to “Breast Cancer Baddie,” Marissa Thomas Founds Breast Cancer Support Group for Women of Color
For the Breast of Us is standing in the gap for newly diagnosed Black women and women of color. Regarding resources such as cancer care boxes, fresh fruits and vegetables, and clinical trial information, FTBOU founder Marissa Thomas says those resources typically aren’t getting to the Black and Brown communities. “Their outreach isn’t necessarily to us. They’re typically going to the bigger or predominantly White organizations and feeling they’ve done their job because those organizations are much larger. So, we gather the information and disseminate it to our community members in a central location, so they don’t have to look for it”, says Marissa Thomas, FTBOU founder.
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Preventive Care May Be Free, but Follow-Up Diagnostic Tests Can Bring Big Bills
Cynthia Johnson was reluctant to pay $200 out-of-pocket for a test used to diagnose her breast cancer after she detected a lump. Patient advocates and medical experts say diagnostic tests are necessary ― and should be covered at no cost to patients, much as preventive screenings are.
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The Know Your Lemons campaign, app, and educator community are quite simply making lemonade out of the lemons that so many are given when diagnosed. KYL is making the best of what can be a bad situation through education and empowerment.
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Black women are more likely to die of breast cancer. These survivors are working to change that.
About one in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer, but there are significant racial disparities in outcomes.
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Every day, millions of Americans provide essential care and medical assistance to their loved ones. These…
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Jazmine Sullivan partners with Novartis to create health equity in breast cancer.
Partnering with multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis, Jazmine Sullivan is a spokesperson for their More than Just Words campaign. Novartis has committed to addressing racial disparities in breast cancer screening, treatment, and care.
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For the Breast of Us Celebrates 2 Years with the Inaugural Baddie Ambassador Retreat
For the Breast of Us celebrated its 2-year anniversary by hosting more than 20 women in Orlanda, Florida for the Inaugural Breast Cancer Baddie Ambassador Retreat. Kicking off on a Thursday, a group of nearly all complete strangers came together at a private villa and walked away forever bonded in sisterhood. Over 3 full days, the baddies who had a variety of different stories came together due to one common thread; we had all been diagnosed with breast cancer.
