Category: Patient

• Despite Cancer, Holiday Abundance Awaits

  Patient Advocate Cynthia Rigali Lund discusses her experience with a hereditary ovarian cancer diagnosis, surgery and her heightened spirituality.

• Collecting Your Family’s Medical History During the Holidays

  Advocate Georgia Hurst highlights the importance finding out family medical history and the questions to consider when talking to family members during the holidays.

• Why Family History Matters in Genetic Diagnosis

  Genetic Counselor Emily Dalton, MS, CGC, discusses the importance of family medical history and how it can play role in cancer development and other changes over time.

• These Are My Genetic Test Results… Please Don’t Shoot the Messenger

  Patient Advocate and breast cancer survivor Theresa Smith talks about her genetic testing experience and her search discussions with family members to find out more information about her family medical history.

• Just Call Me “Above Average Dave”

  Patient Advocate and cancer survivor Dave Dubin talks about his experience with colorectal cancer and how it has molded his perspective on life, family and friends.

• Surfing for Breast Cancer Awareness

  It seems as though breast cancer awareness is all over the media these days…

• A Male Breast Cancer Perspective (repost)

  Cancer is a difficult and tricky disease that tries to destroy us, but now we are better prepared to fight back due to a stronger understanding of the disease.

• Metastatic Breast Cancer – A Lack of Awareness and The Hurt it Causes

  During the past 30 years, there has been a cultural shift in breast cancer advocacy and awareness activities. An abundance of education efforts, as well as information and news coverage, have made breast cancer a familiar disease.

• Metastatic Breast Cancer: More Common Than You Think

  Editor’s Note: In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we asked a Physician Assistant with years of experience in the field to tell us about a little-known form of breast cancer from the healthcare provider’s perspective. Next week’s post will focus on this issue from the patient advocate’s side of things. Please share to help spread awareness during…

• In The Beginning: My Ovaries Were Talking, but I Wasn’t Listening

  What a perfect time to begin my story — we are in the middle of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, as well as National HBOC (hereditary breast and ovarian cancer) Week. I love when things line up like it was all meant to be…