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Our Cancer Friends Become Most Important
After years of living in cancerland, I have learned our cancer friends become most important. Before cancer, you meet someone with a cancer diagnosis, and you can get stuck in this awkward pause thing.Am I supposed to ask how they are doing? Or will they think I am prying? Do I mention cancer, or not? Do ask I when they are going to a hospice? Do I ask to bring them a casserole? You aren ' t really sure. And you really do not want to offend them, because, well, they have CANCER! And you cut them some slack if they aren ' t up for socializing.... is cancer catching?Once you have a cancer diagnosis under your belt, you under...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - February 18, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer bonds friends idiots Source Type: blogs
Back to Breast Cancer Stuff
(So my plan is coming together and my life goes back to reflecting on breast cancer crap.)Earlier this week, the FDA approved a new medication to be used with Letrozole (Femara) or other aromatase inhibitors for hormone positive metastatic breast cancer patients. This medication (which I can ' t pronounce and just think of it as the ' kis... ' ) is calledKisqali (chemical name: ribociclib). It works similar to Ibrance... Not that that means much to me but as a reference.My real concern is the cost. Ibrance costs $9850/month for treatment. Not cheap. All new cancer treatments seem to cost so much. But I am pleased to l...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - March 18, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer treatment cancer costs medication costs medications Source Type: blogs
The Really Bad Reason For Decline in Cancer Rates
There is a really bad reason fordeclining cancer rates. That is when people lose their health insurance and stop going to the doctor. New research has recently found that as people lose their jobs, they lose their health insurance and stop going to the doctor so fewer cancer cases are diagnosed." As the country plunged into recession between 2008 and 2012, something unexpected happened: An earlier small decline in the number of new cancer cases became a much bigger one. "And..." A2015 analysis in the Journal of Cancer covering the years from 1973 to 2008 found that the incidence and treatment of cancer in the United States...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - March 19, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer diagnosis cancer rates politics Source Type: blogs
Making Breast Cancer Friends
You have breast cancer, I have breast cancer, we are now friends.... For life. That ' s just the way it works.It also works with people with other types of cancer or other chronic ailments. There is a bond.Stop by the chemo waiting room and you will find it full of people who become friends because they share a common bond - cancer.Before breast cancer, I wasn ' t as open about my health (and I was a lot healthier) and I wasn ' t as quick to jump on the cancer bandwagon and make new friends. But now, its different. If you are open about your medical crap with me and we have similar diagnoses, we will be instant BFFs.Many o...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - March 26, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer bonds friends Source Type: blogs
You Can ' t Put A Big Bow On A Cancer Diagnosis
When acancer treatment commercial airs, the people are happy and smiling. The drug or medical center promises they will cure you and you will be back to yourself soon. They want you to believe that they will make it all better.They are full of bullshit." Patients and families are bombarded with the news that the country is winning the war against cancer. The news media hypes research results to attract readers. Drug companies promise " a chance to live longer " to boost sales. Hospitals woo paying customers with ads that appeal to patients ' fears and hopes." I ' m starting to hear more and more t...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - April 27, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: advertising cancer treatment hype lies Source Type: blogs
A Rerun: Helping People With Cancer
I know this is a popular subject with people with cancer - how and how not to help them. Some people are idiots. I can tell you story after story about ones I have met along the way.You aren ' t going to get cancer by mentioning the word ' cancer ' . Seriously? Its an ugly word but its not an obscenity that will cause someone to pass out. You can ' t ignore the elephant in the room. Ask how their treatment is going, how they are feeling (but not that vague, polite ' how are you today? ' bullshit). Never tell them about your cousin ' s neighbor ' s dog walker ' s hair dresser ' s sister ' s cancer treatment. You are no...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - May 6, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: being a patient cancer death humor idiots Source Type: blogs
Balancing Cancer Recurrence Fears
So I have been blogging about cancer recurrences and then I find a study that talks about how to cope with cancer recurrence fears. Basically what it comes down to is counselling, support and knowledge.Astudy was done in Holland and followed several cancer patients and provided information and support on their cancer and recurrence issues. They compared two groups, one who received access to normal psychosocial support. The other group received blended cognitive therapy consisting of:five individual, 1-hour, face-to-face counseling sessionsthree 15-minute Internet chat consultationsaccess to an informational websiteIt does...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - June 6, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer recurrence cancer support fear of cancer wellness 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
Cancer Discrimination and Bias
We live in a society full of bias which leads to racism, discrimination, fear and hatred. The media recently has reflected this with headlines full of racism, bias, discrimination, alt-right vs alt-left, protests, anti-protests, riots, deaths, fear, hatred and more. But it reminds me that there is bias, fear, and discrimination for those of us with cancer.We are born one way and learn about bias, fear, and discrimination based on where we start. With a cancer diagnosis, all of this is turned upside down and we learn about more bias, fear and discrimination based on that single word ' cancer ' .First, let me say times are c...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 20, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: bias cancer bonds discrimination fear of cancer Source Type: blogs
How Much Do Cancer Drugs Cost?
The line from the pharmaceutical manufacturers have always been that it costs billions to develop new drugs. And they have to recoup their costs for the drugs that don ' t make it. This is why we have cancer treatments that cost well over $100,000 each year.But now the truth is out.Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development conducted a study ondevelopment costs of cancer drugs.What they found is a much lower total for development of a cancer drug." A new analysis finds the magic number is $648 million, which is substantially less than an earlier albeit controversial estimate of $2.6 billion for the cost to develop any ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 12, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer costs medical research medication costs Source Type: blogs
Being Breast Cancer Savvy
Buried in another article based on a woman doctor ' s problems getting screened for breast cancer by the UK ' s NHS, are three rules on how to be ' Breast Cancer Savvy 'You Don ' t Need to Examine Your BreastsAll women, no matter what age, should get to know their breasts. But experts have stopped recommending self-examination routines. Studies have shown that most women who find breast tumours do so during the course of everyday life: while dressing, or just rolling over in bed. The key is to know what looks and feels normal to you.I wholeheartedly agree with this. I am incapable of finding any lumps.Don ' t Ignore Sympto...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 18, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer cancer detection cancer screening mammogram Source Type: blogs
Eek! Hair Dye Causes Breast Cancer!
How many women color their hair? I think most of my friends do. I don ' t and I am unusual among the women I know.But, brace yourselves, the news is now going to be filled with the warning that coloring your hair with anything but natural dyes will cause breast cancer and you will die very quickly. Why?Because a researcher in the UK said so:" Frequently dying your hair has been linked to an increased risk of developing breast cancer.According to a study by London surgeon Kefah Mokbel, women who colour their hair have a 14 per cent rise in rates of breast cancer.Professor Mokbel, who works at the Princess Grace Hospital in ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - October 17, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer cancer cause hype scare Source Type: blogs
Life After Breast Cancer Does Suck
Here ' s the truth. "The Secret Suckiness to Life After Breast Cancer" . Go read it. Judith Basya writes the truth. There is no new normal. Cancer lurks for ever. And life on some levels, really does suck after breast cancer. And they never told us about it and we don ' t get to talk about it.Judith raises some good points including this one which resonates with me most:" And why is my situation only to be discussed in therapy, while other people ’s job woes are acceptable dinner-table fodder? "Yes, really? Why don ' t we talk about post breast cancer suckiness in therapy and not at the dinner table? Our family members a...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - November 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast cancer bonds coping friends questions secrets Source Type: blogs
One Last Story on How Life Sucks After Breast Cancer
Okay, maybe I have been in a rut because I have been stuck at home after knee surgery because I can ' t drive. Or maybe because I have a cold that I am obsessing on crappy lives after cancer. Or maybe the internet gods had their stars align and all these stories ended up on my laptop in the same time period. But I hope this will be the last one for a while.Here ' s the story of a young woman who lost both her husband and her sister because of her lengthy cancer treatment." “The reality is that probably four out of seven days I’m in bed,” explains the 39-year-old, who lives with her mother at Bundall.“I’ve had my ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - November 6, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: being a patient breast cancer bonds breast cancer treatment stress Source Type: blogs
