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Upcoming Conferences for Those with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Scorchy

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 | 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 | 2 Comments

Report: LBBC’s Annual Conference for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Scorchy

I have attended a lot of conferences over the years. Growing up I would watch television shows that featured story lines of men going away to “conventions” (for which their wives packed, of course) and getting into all sorts of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, My Stage IV Life | Tagged advocacy, Andrew Seidman, awareness, breast cancer, conference, Information resources, Jean Sachs, Jennie Grimes, LBBC, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Lori Marx-Rubner, MD, metastatic breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer network, PhD, Regrounding, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, support network, The Tutu Project, Viktor Frankl, Wendy Lichtenthal | 25 Comments

The Mets

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Scorchy

Aristotle: the man who cornered the market of classification. Aristotle’s History of Animals classified organisms in relation to a hierarchical “Ladder of Life,” placing them according to complexity of structure and function so that higher organisms showed greater vitality and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, My Stage IV Life, Stage IV Musings | Tagged advocacy, Aristotle, breast cancer, Corvair, Cure by 2020, Media, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer network, Metavivor, mets, NY Mets, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, Treatment, vulnerability, Winston Churchill | 15 Comments

Quality of Life

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Scorchy

At the Democratic National Convention last week, Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz talked about her experience with breast cancer. “I know what it’s like to sit in that waiting room wondering how many more anniversaries you’ll get with your husband. How … Continue reading →