Beginnings and Opportunities
One of my favorite words is “beginning.” No words are more powerful than “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” I am…
A Year Ago Today
Today is the one year anniversary of James’ death. I’ve tried to let the day unfold naturally, to let it be what it will be,…
The Year’s Top 10 and More
As the end of each year draws to a close, the news media publishes their Top 10 lists of the most important, most newsworthy, the…
Help for Vaginal Dryness
It’s no surprise that Diane Keaton’s and Jack Nicholson’s film, Something’s Gotta Give, resonated with women of a certain age. The movie portrayed a 50-60ish…
What Your Oncologist Doesn’t Tell You About Sex
Libido and/or lack of libido was a major topic of conversation at the recent Life Beyond Cancer Foundation’s Retreat in Austin, Texas. Many of the…
Dogs and Old Lace
FRIDAY: I’m preparing the Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten’s, recipe for Boeuf Bourguignon. For the first time in almost a year, my tiny house is alive…
Thyroids and Mammograms
Do you visit your dentist once a year or get an annual mammogram? Did you know that thyroid cancer is the fastest growing cancer in…
Guided Imagery and Healing
Most of us know what it’s like to grieve the loss of a job, the loss of a loved one, or the loss of our…
Sleepless in the Hill Country
How many of us take a good night’s sleep for granted? For the first half of my life, I didn’t have a clue what…
A Message From Komen
A few months ago I wrote, “The Komen foundation and its awareness campaign has come to symbolize our nation’s high profile effort to eradicate breast…
A Message From Komen to BreastCancerSisterhood.com Readers
A few months ago I wrote, “The Komen foundation and its awareness campaign has come to symbolize our nation’s high profile effort to eradicate breast…
Five Ways to Become Your Own Glue
After church today some of my girlfriends and I stayed to commiserate about the collective, catastrophic changes all of us have encountered this year.…
Estrogen and Breast Cancer Recurrence
©Survivorship Media Network, LLC. All rights reserved. “Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of…” The writer of this…
My Best Friend Has Breast Cancer
This week one of my best friends was diagnosed with breast cancer, and I’m devastated for her. The news that she will be hurled into…
Apply Now for Life Beyond Cancer Retreat
©Survivorship Media Network, LLC. All rights reserved. If you’re a woman and a cancer survivor or a cancer provider, you have until September 30, 2011,…
Men Get Breast Cancer Too!
Do any of you know a man who’s had breast cancer? For the majority of you who answered “no,” please allow me to introduce…
Empire State of Mind
“In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of,There’s nothing you can’t do,Now you’re in New York,These streets will make you feel brand new,Big…
Breast Cancer Husbands, “I’m One of Those Guys”
©Scott Pratt. All rights reserved. Other than James, I don’t often get to meet other breast cancer husbands who are great caregivers, men who’ve stood…
Breast Cancer Families in the Eye of the Storm
©Survivorship Media Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Breast cancer and Hurricane Irene have something in common: Families must cope with the fear and uncertainty of…
Boxes of Life, Love and Pain
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Just when I think I’ve gotten over the hump, something happens, or a series of some things happen to remind…
After Breast Cancer: A New Normal or a New Perspective?
Brenda Coffee photo ©Liz Garza Williams. All rights reserved. Every Monday night at 9pm EST there’s a terrific chat on Twitter about “the intersection of…
Life After Breast Cancer
My girlfriends and I are talking about taking a trip to Paris next year, and we’re interested in staying in a “vacation rental by owner”…
Breast Cancer Bloggers Use Social Media for Social Change
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. The Komen foundation and its awareness campaign has come to symbolize our nation’s high profile effort to eradicate breast cancer,…
Role Models Are So Important
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. For the most part, this has been one of those weeks: I’ve had the bad back from Hell, taken two…
How is Your Decollete?
“Judith” by Gustav Klimt Did you know if you lie on your side, chest muscles and gravity can form creases in your décolleté while you…
Marriages in Trouble
©Randy Glasbergen. All rights reserved. This week Ellen Christian asked me to write about how women can reduce their risk of breast cancer for her…
Women and Their Doctors
We all hope we’re lucky enough to find competent, compassionate doctors who spend time listening to us, then give us thoughtful answers and possible next…
Women’s Health Styles Panel
Laura Lang, CEO Digitas; Alex von Plato, Exec VP & Chief Creative Officer, Digitas Health; Susan Manber, Sr VP & Exec Planning Dir, Digitas Health;…
Tissue Expanders for Dummies
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Before my first breast reconstruction surgery, I stuffed socks into my bra so my flat chest matched the size of…
Love Loss and What I Wore
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. While I was in New York last week, I saw Love, Loss & What I Wore, an off-Broadway play written…
Life Outside of Cancer
Polaroid SX-70. ©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Last week Marie O’Connor, a sweet friend to all and a breast cancer blogger from Ireland, wanted her…
Tough Times Make for Tough Women and Dogs
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Molly’s been through a lot in her short life. Two months ago she had her tail amputated. Since then, she’s…
Hang On to Your Husbands
Did you know there are women who will try and steal your husband while you’re fighting breast cancer, struggling with surgeries and chemo and trying…
Do You Really Know Your Breasts?
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Years after my diagnosis, a self-breast exam reminder still hung in my shower; the same reminder that prompted me on…
How do You Feel About Death
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Death is something we try to outrun our entire lives and yet, ‘what happens when we die’ is the one…
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