Cancer Screening: A Potential Lifesaver Worth Squeezing In
The Power of Early Detection: Why Screening Matters Cancer is a word that no one wants to hear, yet it’s a reality that touches too many lives. While we can’t …
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Dear Pharmaceutical,
I am reaching out regarding your recent communication to Canadian cancer patients about the discontinuation of your IBRANCE co-pay program. While I am not personally affected by this change, many …
Repeat after me: our voices matter!
This morning, the Founder of the Coalition for Responsible Guidelines emailed the group’s member, which I am one of them, to point us to the news release below. While it …
You took, and you took, and you took.
Two days to my birthday, seven to the lump— the tiny split-pea in my breast that grew into an unwelcome empire. Twice, I asked. Twice, they said no. Too young. Come back at fifty, they said. …
World Cancer Day: Together, We Can Finish It
February 4, 2025, marked a special World Cancer Day as the Terry Fox Foundation and the Terry Fox Research Institute unveiled their new brand “Finish It” and officially introduced the …
The Dichotomies of 2024 – Sour Lemons and Sweet Lemonade
If I had to sum up 2024 in a single word, it would be dichotomies. This year was a relentless seesaw of challenges and triumphs, sorrow and joy, hardship and …
Footnote 51: Using my voice for change
Over the past five years, I’ve gained a great deal of experience advocating for change with politicians. But this year, for the first time, I truly felt that my voice …
This is me!
To best appreciate this post, I’d encourage you to play the music first or while you read it. This song is from “The Greatest Showman“, which is probably my kids’ …
My eulogy to my Tub Talk Partner
In June 2019, we quickly went from being two strangers, sitting at opposite ends of the tables for a “Breasties” coffee meet up where we only knew each other by …