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Enjoy your Coffee and Fight Breast Cancer
I started drinking coffee because of breast cancer. After treatment I knew my brain wasn’t functioning quite as acutely as before the diagnosis, so coffee gave me the added ability to focus. I later learned that coffee was helping to address the effects of chemo brain. Now there are other reasons for breast cancer survivors to drink coffee. A study out of Sweden this month finds that women who are on the drug Tamoxifen and drink at least two cups of coffee a day have a reduced risk of recurrence of the disease. This was a pretty extensive study of 600 women over a 5 year period. CBS reported this wethat researchers found...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - May 2, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: blogs

Then there's that survivor thing
I started this post in March of 2009. I keep a bunch of posts in draft format that because I change my mind, something else catches my attention, or I just forget (most common). They can sit for months or years and then the links I was going to write about go away or I change my mind and decide I am still inspired.I know I have posted on this before. I do not consider myself a cancer survivor. I am someone living with two cancer diagnoses.  I am in a special little class of people (I like being called special. I like calling myself special. Its better than calling myself a survivor to me.) When asked, I do not say I a...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - December 16, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer history nice people survivorship Source Type: blogs

Cancer Not As Scary?
How scary is a breast cancer, or any other type of cancer diagnosis these days? Thisarticle, Thanks to advances, diagnosis of breast cancer isn ’t as frightening as it was, claims it ' s not as scary as it used to be due to advances in diagnosis and treatment. However I beg to disagree. That is not the only reason. And societally, we have not changed enough.Do you remember in the 1970s and earlier when people didn ' t talk about cancer? No, they whispered about it. So-and-so has cancer.... when ' s the funeral? Nice sequence there. But that is how life was. No one talked about cancer because it was a death sent...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 25, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer breast cancer treatment cancer diagnosis Source Type: blogs

After Cancer Coping With The Instant Cancer Bond
So after you get diagnosed with cancer, it seems like everyone you know has cancer because:You have met a lot of other people going through cancer treatment while hanging out at chemo, in support groups, your oncologist ' s waiting room, etc. That part is kind of nice. You find out you aren ' t alone in this cancer business. You have an instant bond with new friends.Then you start hearing about all these other people who are diagnosed with cancer. You feel like you are supposed to be their friend too - because of that cancer bond thing again. Your cancer friends tell you about everyone they know when they are diagnosed wit...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - May 8, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer bonds cancer diagnosis coping friends guilt Source Type: blogs

Cancer on our Calendar – guest post
A dreary wet Monday after a gorgeous sunny Sunday.  Being it is the second week of March though, I can’t complain.  Crocous have been in bloom for weeks now.  Tulips starting to bud.  Trees and bushes too.  It really feels like Spring.  But this evening I must return to work at the clinic where it is still a cold winter for some. Today’s breast cancer blogger hails from the UK.  Yvonne has been penning her posts for a little over a year now.  I decided to include her “About me” profile as it is such a succinct and well written introduction to writing about cancer. You can find Yvonne at time...
Source: Being Cancer Network - March 12, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Guest Post * Living with Cancer Breast cancer Source Type: blogs

Dr. Len Says: When It Comes To Skin Cancer, Do As I Say, Not As I Do
So May is skin cancer awareness month. No time like the present to come out with the news: I have been diagnosed with skin cancer. There really isn't much special about that, since it is a distinction I share with over 2 million Americans who have a skin cancer removed every year. Fortunately, for most, it is a cancer that is not of particular concern since most can be removed. But even those "simple" surgeries--as I have learned from my own experience--can be a bit problematic. Occasionally it helps to find some humor in difficult situations, and this is one of those times. And since I am generally pretty open about what ...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - May 14, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Cancer Care Early detection Environment Other cancers Prevention Screening Treatment Source Type: blogs

Be Honest, Be Grateful: 5 Tips for Staying Positive When Cancer Comes Calling
A cancer diagnosis often wells up emotions of fear, anger and depression. These are completely normal.  I felt mostly anger after finding out that breast cancer had come back after almost ten years cancer free. I am determined however to battle cancer with the best attitude I can. For me this is part of being triumphant. I used some of the time in the hospital to develop principles that would help me have the best attitude and make the most of this new breast cancer diagnosis. These are my principals and so far they have been successful. I have been able to sustain a pretty good attitude – I’m winning! 1)      Be...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - February 18, 2014 Category: Cancer Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer Best Attitude Cancer Diagnosis Source Type: blogs

Cancer death rates down but...
Cancer death rates are down for the more 'popular' cancers in general in the last few decades. But then the old 80/20 rule kicks in and these cancers get most of the research and as a result the 'unpopular' cancer death rates aren't really going anywhere.So here's an article on how colon cancer rates are down. It used to be the most common cancer killer in the US. Now it is dramatically down because of screening - those lovely colonoscopies that we all love so much.However as this Australian article points out the cancers that are not as common, don't have ribbon decorated walks, runs, months, etc, often don't get as much ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - March 19, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer cure cancer research death news Source Type: blogs

Emotional Distress: It’s Inevitable When You Have Metastatic Breast Cancer
This has been a tough couple of months. I’m finding it a challenge to figure out how to have purpose and direction while living with an incurable disease. In fact, the biggest problem has been how to plan for the rest of my life when there might not be a “rest of my life.” For the most part, the cancer is under control. I have been fortunate to be asymptomatic, with only a few bouts of intolerable pain to deal with. The source of that pain was recently discovered on a CT scan, when the report showed that a fractured rib was healing. Until the doctor read that to me, I had no idea that I had fractured a rib. So be...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - June 29, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: blogs

Emotional Distress: It ’s Inevitable When You Have Metastatic Breast Cancer
This has been a tough couple of months. I’m finding it a challenge to figure out how to have purpose and direction while living with an incurable disease. In fact, the biggest problem has been how to plan for the rest of my life when there might not be a “rest of my life.” For the most part, the cancer is under control. I have been fortunate to be asymptomatic, with only a few bouts of intolerable pain to deal with. The source of that pain was recently discovered on a CT scan, when the report showed that a fractured rib was healing. Until the doctor read that to me, I had no idea that I had fractured a rib. So be...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - June 29, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: blogs

Talking About Cancer, Or Not
I have a lot of friends these days who have had cancer. And then I have friends who have not had cancer but sometimes we still talk about cancer or my health. But then I have friends who do not have cancer or any big ailments and don ' t really know about the disasters of my health so we talk about other things. Like life.Recently, through the wonders of social media, I reconnected with two old friends from high school who I hadn ' t seen in decades. I have sort of told them about all my health issues. But definitely not all of them. I have gotten together with one or both of them a few times.I got together with the one wh...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - December 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer awareness quality of life Source Type: blogs

More Evil Cancer Cells
So I didn ' t know (or maybe I kind of knew and was pretending I didn ' t) that some cancer cells go hide in your body to come out later as metastases. However,current research has been working on this issue." ...researchers have discovered the conditions by which specific signals in primary tumors of head and neck and breast cancers can pre-program cancer cells to become dormant and evade chemotherapy after spreading. "How nice. Or actually how evil! I think it is pretty nasty when cancer cells hide so they can recur and try to kill you. The elude conventional treatments including chemotherapy.However I think its pretty d...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 14, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer treatment cancer cells cancer recurrence cancer research Source Type: blogs

People Are Still People Even With Cancer
Life does not stop with a cancer diagnosis. It should not. If you have cancer, you are still a person. You do not need to let cancer take over everything. You are still a human being and need to do normal human being things. Like going on vacation. Or moving to another state.If you want to go on a vacation, all you need to do is talk to your oncologist and they will help you figure out what changes need to be made. If you are in the middle of chemo, you can probably take a week off. Its not that complicated.Your cancer diagnosis does not get to swallow you whole and take over everything in your life. People in cancer treat...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - June 26, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: being a patient cancer diagnosis fun humanity Source Type: blogs

Cancer Spans Everything
Cancer brings us together and rips us apart. Cancer knows no boundaries - it crosses race, age, sex, families, and even politics.Cancer can bring people together. To those with cancer, it is an instant bond to others with the disease. You can walk into a chemo waiting room, a support group, a fundraiser, or whatever. All of us with cancer instantly have something to talk about and unit together. It can join a family who is faced with the impending death of a loved one to repair broken or damaged family bonds.Cancer can also rip us apart. For those selfish or inconsiderate enough not to care about others, they do not notice...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - July 27, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer bonds communication family friends Source Type: blogs

Comparing Prognostic Breast Cancer Tests
Back in the late 2000 ' s, I heard about the new Oncotype Dx test that was just coming available for women who had early stage breast cancer and could help in the decision making process - whether to chemotherapy or not. The test was supposed to tell your risk of recurrence. That was great news (of course I was not eligible because of my medical history...) and many women found their risk and made the big chemotherapy decision.New research has looked at the results of these tests and compared them. They looked at these four tests: Oncotype Dx Recurrence Score, PAM50-based Prosigna Risk of Recurrence Score (ROR), Breast Can...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 16, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer treatment cancer recurrence test results Source Type: blogs