Breast Cancer
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6 Tips on Advocating for Yourself Through Breast Cancer
No one ever wants to hear the words “breast cancer,” in relation to themselves, or any person they love. But as power and direction can come from words and actions following such a diagnosis, many who have used CaringBridge through treatment for brea
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Mom’s Approach to Breast Cancer: Keep it Positive
Between 2019 and 2020, Courtney Lamb of Marlborough, MA, went through chemo, radiation and multiple surgeries to treat Stage 3 breast cancer. Then she got long COVID before vaccines were available and faced a pandemic-related furlough from her nursin
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After-Diagnosis Advice: Start a CaringBridge Site
I had moved to Texas with my two sons in early 2020, and was diagnosed with breast cancer later that year. At the time, we were waiting for my husband, Nic, to join us … the timing of a COVID-19 travel ban had kept him in Kenya, the country where we
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When you find out someone close to you has been diagnosed with cancer, you may be wondering: What do I say? What can I do for them? While there’s not often a clear answer to this question, one meaningful way you can show your support is by gifting a
Jennifer Ndegwa and her husband, Nic, were living 8,700 miles apart in August 2020—not by choice—when Jen had to break the news via WhatsApp that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. It was a heartbreaking conversation, made worse by distance.
As she watched her mom go through radiation treatment for breast cancer in 2019, high school senior and aspiring medical professional Giovanna Quevedo of Long Beach, CA, got to thinking how scary the procedure—and cancer itself—must seem to kids youn
I am a spiritual caregiver who had a client, Sara, who let her Stage 1 breast cancer grow over four years before she sought pastoral counseling to decide if she should seek medical treatment. Sara had religious reasons for resisting medical treatment
It was Julie Green’s hope that sharing the story of her breast cancer diagnosis in 2016 at age 33—invasive ductal carcinoma with a BRCA2 gene mutation—and her choice to focus on life over death, might inspire others walking difficult paths. While she
Cat Thisius of Rochester, MN, is a preschool teacher by day and a roller derby blocker by night who goes by the name of “The Mad Catter.” Her profession and pastime fall into the category of “challenging,” but not compared to an out-of-the-blue diagn
At her 7-month prenatal checkup in Minneapolis, MN, in November 2018, Sarah Hanan was focused on passing her glucose screening so gestational diabetes could be crossed off her list of expectant-mom worries. “I passed that test with flying colors,” 30
In a four-generation photo, I am holding my oldest son, on the day of his baptism. My Grandmother, Bessie, is at left, and my Mom, Bonnie, is at right. My Mom, Bonnie, has been gone since 2001. She didn’t get to see any of my three boys graduate from
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