Cancer Insurance Checklist Today I’m excited to share with you a tool (you know how I love tools!) that WILL help you navigate the world of insurance. With the fits and starts of Obamacare, the issue of insurance is going to touch each and every one of us in ways that it never has before… Continue reading Trying to Figure Out Your Insurance? The Cancer Insurance Checklist Will Help!
Breast Cancer Information & Facts
Cancer Support Community Frankly Speaking About Cancer Radio Show
Cancer Support Community Frankly Speaking About Cancer Radio Show Please join me on Tuesday, November 19th at 1:00 PST/4:00 EST on the Frankly Speaking About Cancer radio show as I speak with Kim Thiboldeaux, the dynamic, intelligent, and charming Cancer Support Community President & CEO. Here is the Link: http://www.voiceamerica.com/channel/248/voiceamerica-health-and-wellness Frankly Speaking about Cancer is the first Internet Talk Radio… Continue reading Cancer Support Community Frankly Speaking About Cancer Radio Show
Patient Navigation: Bringing Clarity to Chaos
Patient Navigation: Bringing Clarity to Chaos This weekend at the LBBC conference, I did a Happy Dance for and encouraged people to engage Patient Navigators. It’s draining enough to be sick, let alone having to deal with the health care delivery system and all of its complications. Between the time of my diagnosis and starting treatment,… Continue reading Patient Navigation: Bringing Clarity to Chaos
Being Your Own Patient Advocate
Being Your Own Patient Advocate Today I had the great pleasure of giving a speech at Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky. It was a quick 36-hour trip from Santa Barbara to Louisville and home again. The Silver Lining is that I was only away from home for one night. It was quite a schlep to… Continue reading Being Your Own Patient Advocate
Navigating the Healthcare System from a Cancer Diagnosis and Beyond
Navigating the Healthcare System from Cancer Diagnosis and Beyond Discovering that you have cancer is a life-rocking event. Understatement of the decade, I know. However, sometimes the obvious just must be stated. (Ha!) Shortly after my diagnosis, I found myself feeling as if I were in a cobweb filled forest, with no idea which way… Continue reading Navigating the Healthcare System from a Cancer Diagnosis and Beyond
The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bone Health
The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bone Health As if a diagnosis of breast cancer isn’t bad enough, the dreaded disease as well as its treatments can trigger other health problems, including a deleterious link to bone health, specifically an increased risk for osteoporosis. Yup. Cancer never seems to let us forget. Because I am… Continue reading The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bone Health
Explaining the Link Between Parabens and Breast Cancer
In the past few years, much has been discussed about the link between paraben exposure and breast cancer. I have to be honest (as you know that I always am!) and admit that I didn’t pay much attention to this issue until I was diagnosed with the disease. UGH. However, the Silver Lining is that I am… Continue reading Explaining the Link Between Parabens and Breast Cancer
Plastic and Cancer: An Explanation
By now, most of us have heard that there is indeed a link between plastic and cancer. Additionally, we have heard the warnings to avoid microwaving food in plastic containers and more recently to ditch the plastic water bottle. Ever wonder why? Turns out, plastic containers can release two harmful chemicals especially when heated: bisphenol A… Continue reading Plastic and Cancer: An Explanation
Insurance Fundamentals
As if having FBC (f-bomb breast cancer) or any other kind of cancer isn’t hard enough, there is that pesky issue of insurance with which we had to contend. Oy. During the first week after my diagnosis, we went to work to figure it all out. I was sweating bullets wondering if the upcoming hundreds of… Continue reading Insurance Fundamentals
Needle Phobia
When I was in nursing school, I used to ask my fellow student to practice drawing blood on me. I know it sounds sadistic, but my intention was a two-fold Silver Lining: I wanted to confront my personal fear of needles. I figured that the more times I was stuck, the more used to it… Continue reading Needle Phobia