Last month, at a party, a social acquaintance who knows my history with breast cancer, told me how happy she was that I didn’t have to worry about the disease anymore.
“What are you talking about?” I asked politely.
She replied that while at the hair dresser recently she had read a woman’s magazine that said breast cancer was as good as... Read more
I’ve been mulling over a New York Times article about a new study that shows that childhood cancer survivors face a huge number of health problems later in life, caused by chemotherapy and radiation.
The study follows more than 10,000 survivors, treated from 1970 to 1986. They had cancer before age 21, and when studied were 18 to 48. Their... Read more
After hearing an interview with Elizabeth Edwards on a radio talk show this week, and reading an article about her today in the Washington Post, I’ve become a big fan. She’s a survivor in the best sense of the word, displaying grace and courage under the most difficult of circumstances. She’s survived more than breast cancer, too. She has... Read more
October hasn’t even started yet and already I’m getting tired of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I can’t read a glossy magazine without being bombarded with “pink ribbon” products: An unattractive long-sleeved tee-shirt that looks like it was designed by pre-schooler with no artistic talent and modeled by Glenn Close. The sexy... Read more
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