Today we have a special feature, a poem by Rebecca Finkel whose wife Flavia was diagnosed 16 months ago with de novo metastatic breast cancer to the lung, bone, spine and brain. Since diagnosis Flavia has had a Craniotomy and a second surgery for Hydrocephalus. Currently all of her mets are stable.
Edited by Barbara Bigelow
Metavivor Research and Support Inc., a national non-profit organization dedicated to funding research for stage IV metastatic breast cancer (MBC), announces its first Black president, Jamil K. Rivers of Philadelphia, PA.
This week we hear from METAvivor Vice-President, Terlisa Sheppard and her daughters Alexis and Alyah Sheppard. Together they discuss what life has been like growing up with a terminally ill mom.
Edited by Barbara Bigelow
I have spent most of my 25-year career in non-profit management working alongside volunteers. It has been rewarding and I have met some incredibly talented people who have taught me a great deal about “service above self”.
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