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 →
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Parenting Through Cancer: Moms With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Today’s blog post requires no preamble, no warm and fuzzy introduction, no scare tactic, no statistics, and no inspirational quote—we believe that the women featured today are inspiration enough.
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 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 →
Read MoreMore than a Date on the Calendar: Marking Cancer Milestones
Firefly Sisterhood is delighted to share a guest blog from Susan Pettit, one of our Firefly Guides. Do any of you, as breast cancer survivors, mark important dates during your cancer experience with thoughts of how much cancer has taken … Continue reading →
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