Black Lives Matter means ensuring African American women/men receive the same level of care as all others affected by this disease. Black Lives Matter because breast cancer does not discriminate by race, but statistics show that black women are dying at a 42% faster rate than any other race. Black Lives Matter because WE ARE …
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I love traveling and sharing information that can help women through their breast cancer diagnosis. Being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer I never knew what part of my life would change, or even if it would change at all. There were a lot of what ifs and many many questions. Diagnosed at 43, I had to learn …
Survivor is defined by the National Cancer Institute as “one who remains alive and continues to function during and after overcoming a serious hardship or life-threatening disease. In cancer, a person is considered to be a survivor from the time of diagnosis until the end of life.” https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/survivor Being a metastatic breast cancer patient and …
