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Losing My Breasts – and Finding My Voice
By Melanie Young, Special to Everyday Health The day I completed my eighth and final round of chemotherapy for breast cancer, in the Spring of 2010, I felt like a marathon runner crossing the finish...
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My Patient Manifesto: Get Your Doctor to Treat You Like a Person
By Madhulika Sikka, Special to Everyday Health “My name is Madhulika Sikka and I am the patient” Would you ever think of starting off an appointment with a doctor that way? I’m guessing not. But why...
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How I Got a Starring Role in My Own Cancer Movie
By Amy Grantham, Special to Everyday Health In July 2010 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was 31 years old, and had a family history of the disease. Knowing what women in my family had already...
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Breast Cancer Is No Stranger to My Family
By Pamela Bryant, Special to Everyday Health My family is my world. We stick by each other no matter the situation: births, deaths, marriages, graduations, retirements, reunions, holidays, and more. In...
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My Cancer Prevention Decision: Two Mastectomies and a Hysterectomy
By Angela Schmidt Fishbaugh, Special to Everyday Health Raise your hand if you’ve ever made a poor decision. My hand is up too. I still cringe about lending that money to a family member. Even as I was...
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‘I Am Dying’: Why My Sister Chose Alternative Cancer Treatment
By Rita Heidtman, Special to Everyday Health When my sister, Renee, was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29, she was told she had few options. She could get a lumpectomy. And if that didn’t work,...
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After Chemo, Can I Still Have a Bad Hair Day?
By Andrea Hutton, Special to Everyday Health I am having a bad hair day. After undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer and losing all my hair, I swore I would never complain about having a bad hair...
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Surviving Cancer: How Journaling and List-Making Help Me Cope
By Barbara Tako, Special to Everyday Health I am just over five years out from my breast cancer diagnosis, and a little over a year out from a melanoma diagnosis. I can and do celebrate, because I am...
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Healing With Words: A Writer’s Cancer Journey
By Diana Raab, PhD, Special to Everyday Health More than a million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, worldwide. Each of those women must find a way to heal from the physical and...
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Cancer Took Her Life, But Her Words Live On
When Cindy Colangelo (above) was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2009, one of the first things she did was start a journal on the CaringBridge website to keep her wide network of family and...
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