Lifelines and Relaxation Techniques
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Since James is no longer here to help me, I am solely responsible for taking care of the land and…
Skin Cancer, Fashion and Women Over Forty
Sandy Linter, Brenda Coffee, Lois Joy Johnson I don’t know what I expected before I met Lois Joy Johnson, one of the founding editors of…
Makeup Wakeup Book Giveaway
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. The first floor of Neiman Marcus is on full tilt. Loud music blares as pouty Victoria Beckam-like models sit atop…
Bioidentical Hormones and Breast Cancer
©TODAY Show. All rights reserved. Last week the TODAY Show invited me to Skype in live and ask medical expert Dr. Nancy Snyderman a question…
Opening the Door on Parabens and Breast Cancer
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Have you ever read the ingredients on the back of your shampoo bottle, your jar of moisturizer or the hand…
Elizabeth Taylor: A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Role Model
When I was 11, I had coke bottle glasses, braces on my teeth and hair that looked as if someone had placed a bowl over…
Our Family is Broken
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. This has been another difficult week, as all of them have been since James died. His autopsy report came back.…
Cancer Diagnosis and Diet Changes
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. This week I’ve been attending Expo West, the world’s largest trade show, featuring all things green, natural and organic. After…
Breast Cancer and Survival. Pass It On.
Brenda Coffee, age 21. ©Survivorship Media Network, LLC. All rights reserved. While we reside on this mortal coil we call “life,” each of us is…
Talking to Kids About Your Cancer
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Part of being a good parent is setting good examples about decision-making, problem solving and handling the difficult curves life…
TED and Surviving Life
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. You many not be able to cure cancer, write a bestseller, or solve the problems in the Middle East, but…
Finishing Cancer Treatment
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. At church this morning I sat with a friend who’s also a breast cancer survivor. Her oncologist is “setting her…
Bubble Wrap, Stress and Recurrence
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. I think it would be an understatement to say that most of the country has been inconvenienced by last week’s…
Where the Sky is Born
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. This week I went to a therapist to help me deal with James’ death. When I told him I’d practiced…
Don’t Panic
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Molly has developed bare spots on her tail, right rear foot and around her neck. The vet suggested it’s from…
Surviving Life
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. If you think about it, most of us have been surviving something our entire lives. Maybe it started with a…
May I Tell You About James?
©Brenda Coffee. All Rights Reserved. The numbness is beginning to wear off around the edges, but I am still in shock over James’s death. I…
The Death of My Precious James
James & Brenda Coffee, Thanksgiving, 2010. As many of you know my precious husband, James Coffee, died December 26, the day after Christmas. He died…
Holidays, Cancer and Hope
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Over the years I’ve had my fair share of difficult holidays, like my first Christmas as a young married, expectantly…
Great Cancer Books
©Brenda Coffee. All Rights Reserved.There are three terrific cancer books I’d like to share with you. The first book is Anticancer, A New Way of…
Elizabeth Edwards, Her Oncologist & SABCS
©Survivorship Media Network, LLC. All rights reserved. There is more than a little irony that the death of Elizabeth Edwards coincided with the beginning of…
Who Will Catch You When You Fall?
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Most of my adult life has been spent as an adrenaline junkie, searching for experiences that pushed me to the…
Who’s in Your Aquarium?
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. One of the books I’m currently reading is “Life,” by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. Keith grew up listening…
Life Beyond Cancer Retreat
©Survivorship Media Network, LLC. All rights reserved.I just returned from four amazing days at the Life Beyond Cancer Retreat. Held at Lakeway Resort in Austin,…
Pass Your Power Forward
A recent Newsweek headline proclaimed, “Women Will Rule the World.” Except for countries where women are abused and treated worse than livestock, I believe women…
The Pink Dozen
During the past six weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of being one of Eggland’s Best Eggs’s “Pink Dozen,” 12 special bloggers interested in great food,…
Husbands Who Leave During Breast Cancer
©Survivorship Media Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. We’ve all heard stories about husbands who leave their wives after they’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer. I…
Cancer Cures Too Good to Be True
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. When you or a loved one are diagnosed with late Stage IV cancer, a mixture of panic, fear and grief…
Wellness Centers Treat More Than Cancer
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. I didn’t think there could be anything more terrifying than hearing the words, “You have cancer,” but I was wrong.…
Eggs and Nutrition During Breast Cancer
Simply Recipes How many of your kids were finicky eaters? I doubt if their acceptable range of foods were as narrow as mine when I…
Plastic Surgery and Breast Cancer
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. I know a little something about plastic surgery and breast cancer. After 10 breast cancer surgeries, I’ve become well-versed in…
What to Eat During Chemo
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. Just the thought of chemotherapy sends shivers down the spines of most of us. Before I started chemo, I considered…
10 Tips For Breast Husbands & Caregivers
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. When it comes to cancer, most of the attention is focused on the patient or survivor, but have you ever…
Things Worse Than Death
©Dior. All rights reserved. Last week my friend, Norma Field, died. In many ways, she was the mother I always wanted. Even though I’ve made…
Guides for Surviving Breast Cancer
©Brenda Coffee. All rights reserved. The first day I met my oncologist, he sent me home with a three ring binder full of information and…
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