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Author Archives: Scorchy
Released from Prison
Where the hell have I been these past few months? Well, ever since my last episode with radiation of a painful bone tumor in my sacrum, I seem to have misplaced my voice. It could likely be lost among my yarn stash, but … Continue reading →
Posted in My Stage IV Life
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Tagged breast cancer, breasts, career, compartmentalization, denial, depression, friends, frustration, guilt, knitting, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain, pain management, pain. chronic pain, prison, scan, self-worth, social life, socialization, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, stigma, support, Treatment, vulnerability
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20 Comments
DONE
Radiation: Day Five
Posted in My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged breast cancer, Diagnosis, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain management, Radiation, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Treatment
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Let’s Make a Deal
In what has become an early spring event, I am looking at my second bone tumor crisis. Just at the moment that I felt fabulous and had an energy level that I had not felt since before I was diagnosed … Continue reading →
Posted in My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged advocacy, awareness, breast cancer, breasts, Cancer Culture, chemotherapy, Diagnosis, estrogen, Exemestane, Faslodex, Fulvestrant, Information resources, L4, Lupron, mischief, MRI, pain. chronic pain, PET/CT, progesterone, Radiation, sacrum, side-effects, spring, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Treatment, Xgeva
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Upcoming Conferences for Those with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Two upcoming conferences offer the potential of real benefit for women and men with breast cancer, and also to their caregivers, friends, and families. Registration is now open for Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s Eighth Annual Conference for Women Living with Metastatic … Continue reading →
Posted in Advocacy, My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged advocacy, April, Attitude, awareness, breast cancer, Cancer Culture, confe, Eighth Annual Conference for Those Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer and Caregivers, Eighth Annual Conference for Women Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer, fellowship, Information resources, LBBC, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer network, registration, September, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, travel grants
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Jinxed
I have another lytic lesion in my sacrum. When I saw the picture from my routine PET/CT it looked like the Eye of Mordor. The circle of the body was bright orange and there on the left, on the sacrum, … Continue reading →
Posted in Advocacy, My Stage IV Life, Social Commentary
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Tagged 30%, @Judy_KomenCEO, @SusanGKomen, advocacy, Attitude, Biopsy, bone metastasis, breast cancer, Cancer Culture, Elephant in the Pink Room, Exemestane, Eye of Mordor, Information resources, jinx. jinxed, Komen, Letrozole, lytic lesion, Mammogram, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, metastatic disease, metastatic research, Metavivor, PET/CT, Philosophy, pink ribbon, Research, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, superstition, superstitious, support, Susan G. Komen, Susan G.Komen for the Cure, Varian
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The Robber Baron
Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, My Stage IV Life
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Tagged advocacy, awareness, breast cancer, breasts, Don't Ignore Stage IV, Information resources, Komen, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, Philosophy, Politics, Research, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Susan G.Komen for the Cure
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Facepalm
You all know my feelings about Susan G. Komen (see my commentary here, here, and here). And it has always been puzzling to me that a woman whose sister supposedly died of breast cancer that metastasized would establish an organization … Continue reading →
Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, Social Commentary, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged #talkpink, @SusanGKomen, advocacy, Attitude, avarice, awareness, BOYCOTT, breast cancer, Cancer Culture, greed, hubris, Information resources, Jonathan Blum, Kohl's, Komen, met, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, OCCUPY, pink ribbon, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, Susan G.Komen for the Cure
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One Must Occupy It
As a result of social media pressure, Kohl’s has finally reached out to METAvivor. As they open a dialog we must continue to apply the pressure. Continue tweeting because all of your tweets have an extensive reach. Every tweet … Continue reading →
Posted in Advocacy, Breastploitation, My Stage IV Life
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Tagged advocacy, awareness, breast cancer, Information resources, Kohl's, Komen, Media, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, pink ribbon, Politics, Research, support
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OCCUPY #talkpink
Please head over to Twitt
Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, My Stage IV Life, Social Commentary
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Tagged advocacy, awareness, breast cancer, Information resources, Kohl's, Komen, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, pink ribbon, Politics, Research, stage iv breast cancer, support
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The Breastless Nude
Recently I went on quite a tear when it was revealed that Kohl’s and Komen had co-opted METAvivor’s intellectual property for an ad campaign. It really rakes my last nerve when people do this; rather than call up an original idea–which … Continue reading →