Breast cancer doesn’t care. It doesn’t care that you are newly retired and would rather be reclining on the dock at the lake instead of in the chemotherapy infusion room. It doesn’t care that you just started a new job … Continue reading →
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Like it was Yesterday: the Trauma of Diagnosis
Each person, each day, has an average of 70,000 thoughts (https://www.piedmont.org/living-better/10-fun-facts-about-your-brain). How many do you think you’ve had today (then add one more for thinking about it!)? If you’ve experienced a breast cancer diagnosis—no matter how far from that diagnosis … Continue reading →
Read MoreParenting Through Cancer: Teens & Young Adults
We’ve all been there. Those years between being a blissfully unaware child and a fully responsible young adult. Years filled with: the teenage drama of puberty, fashions, peer pressure, driving and texting while driving, suicide and depression, drugs and alcohol, … Continue reading →
Read MoreParenting Through Cancer: Young Children
Have you ever experienced the following with a friend, family member, or a total stranger? Swapping stories about the birth of a child, a shared hobby or interest, or growing up in a certain era, location, or high school? One-upping … Continue reading →
Read MoreCancer Doesn’t Care About Valentine’s Day
Cancer. Surgery. Chemo. Radiation. Adjuvant Therapies. All are life-changing. body-changing, and/or intimacy-changing. In honor of Valentine’s Day, explore the impact of cancer and cancer treatment on intimate relationships through previous Firefly blogs: Read Intimacy After Breast Cancer, as Jennifer Heirlinger, … Continue reading →
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