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Patient Health Literacy

Tue December 13, 2016

I posted this originally over on my academic blog: http://rjh.goingeast.ca. However, I think those who read this blog are in a better position to answer the question I'm asking…

Health (illness) bloggers

Mon November 28, 2016

Emotional Journey

In my literature review for my research I came across a great article (Keating & Rains, 2015) on the social support health (illness) bloggers receive. The article does a…

The changing sense of pink’tober

Thu October 20, 2016

Emotional Journey

As many of you are well aware, October is breast cancer awareness month. My first year, while still going through chemotherapy and having taxol kick my ass, I wrote…

Mammograms and overdiagnosis – a hard truth to hear #breastcancerrealitycheck

Sun October 16, 2016

Emotional Journey

Friday while flipping through my RSS blog feed reader, I came across an blog post about an article on overdiagnosis. Unfortunately, I cannot remember where it was or I'd…

Trivializing rather than educating … #breastcancerrealitycheck

Fri October 7, 2016

Emotional Journey

Get your tickets today to meet our panel of famous judges: <redacted>, Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup Champion, <redacted>, First Lady of <city> and <redacted>, head of <radacted> Center for…

I wish someone told me …

Tue October 4, 2016

Navigating the new me

Lucinda: "I wish someone told me more about how my reconstructed breasts would look after surgery. I wish I knew that when I flexed my muscles my breasts would move…

#breastcancerrealitycheck – support a cure not awareness

Sat October 1, 2016

Opinion

This is what early stage breast cancer looks like. It doesn't look like pretty breasts or pink ribbons. The artificial "awareness" campaigns like "no bra day" and "save the…

Book launch: Agony and Absurdity: Adventures in Cancerland: An Anthology

Tue September 13, 2016

Emotional Journey

Tomorrow (Wednesday) at about 7:30pm Pacific I'll be reading my chapter, titled "Window Shopping" for the launch of the latest Bay Area Young Survivors (BAYS) anthology titled: Agony and Absurdity:…

What if patients made the recommendations?

Sun August 7, 2016

Emotional Journey

I was reading through Caroline's post about What I wish I had known before treatment. She mentions an article about recommendations from breast surgeons regarding prophylactic mastectomy. There is…