Tomorrow is October 1st, the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Or, as many of us living with breast cancer call it, the Pinkwashing. This is always a hard time for many of us because it represents the capitalization of a disease that we live with - that is killing us - and we don’t benefit in any real way from it.
This week we hear from Michael Kovarik and how he came to his decision to step down as the METAvivor Board President. In doing so he has been able to reclaim balance and focus on himself through meditation and immersing himself in his garden where he can surround himself with the beauty and peace of nature.
Edited by Barbara Bigelow
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
