Breast Cancer Expert Marc Heyison shares Breast Cancer management news and commentary at MyBreastCancerNetwork.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/55757/ny-statewide Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:28:00 -0500 Marc Heyison It has been a long while since I have written, but I wanted to share some thoughts I have regarding the potential closing of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program. This program has been in place for 28 years. Without a doubt, it has impacted and saved countless lives-more than we will ever know-with care, concern, and compassion.  No­ reasonable person could deny this. How else could they have existed... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/55757/ny-statewide http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/20873/life-fl Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:00:00 -0500 Marc Heyison I have just returned from the 8th Annual Conference for Young Women Affected By Breast Cancer, which took place in Jacksonville, FL last weekend. It's a great event sponsored by Living Beyond Breast Cancer and the Young Survival Coalition, and for the first time, it was also sponsored by Komen For the Cure. I was duly in awe of the men and women I was privileged to be around.   I was invited along with Men Against Breast... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/20873/life-fl http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/20571/men-care Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:10:00 -0500 Marc Heyison Men Against Breast Cancer has been fortunate enough to be invited the past two years to present our Partners In Survival Workshop as a break out session at the Annual Young Survivors and Living Beyond Breast Cancer National Conference, this year in Jacksonville, Fl.   As the President and Cofounder of Men Against Breast Cancer, this is significant to me for several reasons.   First, it is an honor and a pleasure to be able to... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/20571/men-care http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/20569/band-men Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:52:00 -0500 Marc Heyison When Men Against Breast Cancer hosted the first National Male Caregivers Conference in 2006, skeptics said we would not be able to get men to attend a conference that was for men only, where the primary focus was to educate men to be there for the women they love.  Well, as we suspected, we proved the skeptics who underestimate how great men are at caregiving wrong yet again. The conference was such an overwhelming success that when we... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/20569/band-men http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/17261/mans-cancer Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:24:00 -0500 Marc Heyison When the oncologist proclaimed that my mom's cancer had returned, my reaction was not all that different from my reaction to her initial diagnosis of breast cancer: I felt like someone had kicked me in my teeth and punched me in the stomach at the same time. Lucky for me and my family, the recurrence (metastatic breast cancer) ultimately turned out to be a misdiagnosis - but one that took six months to confirm. So, I lived in hell for six... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/17261/mans-cancer http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/15621/means-men Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:51:00 -0400 Marc Heyison As we come to the end of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I think it is important that we take time to pause and realize that we must be vigilant each and every day about the dangers and risks of breast cancer.   I think it is great that we have a month dedicated to raising awareness to breast cancer and the role we all must play in being there for the women we love, but as I was told many years ago, "breast cancer does not take a... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/15621/means-men http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/14532/means-sons Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:17:00 -0400 Marc Heyison Breast cancer has had a profound impact on my life. This time of year, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I reflect on the disease and the impact it has had on my life and my priorities. First and foremost, I never forget how blessed and fortunate I am that my mom is alive and well. For the past 15 years as a survivor, she has been the driving force behind my passion and commitment as the Co-founder of Men Against Breast Cancer.  ... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/14532/means-sons http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/12642/forum-men Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:58:00 -0400 Marc Heyison   In advance of the Livestrong Presidential Cancer Forum on August 27 and 28, Marc Heyison, President and Co-Founder of Men Against Breast Cancer, offers his thoughts on what any Presidential candidate should know about breast cancer.   1) Breast Cancer is a Family's Battle   People need to view breast cancer as a family issue that devastates the entire family. My mom, a breast cancer survivor named Gloria, was and... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/12642/forum-men http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/12572/male-breast Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:51:00 -0400 Marc Heyison One of the hardest things for guys in their experience as a caregiver is what I like to call "giving up the remote control." As the term suggests, it's hard to accept that you no longer can determine what you are watching. This can be a hard pattern to break but one that you must break in order to be an effective caregiver.   I know that it is hard not being in control. Once you come to terms with not being able to fix... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/12572/male-breast http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/12155/male-cancer Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:45:00 -0400 Marc Heyison In my last SharePost on men supporting women with breast cancer, I discussed how it is vitally important that men be there for the women they love, which is about as obvious as something could be. Of course, we must be there without fail in every way possible for the women we love.   However, one aspect of breast cancer caregiving that is often overlooked is that you cannot be an effective caregiver unless you yourself are prepared to... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/6093/12155/male-cancer