Baddie x 2: Growth Through Conversations | “Going Home to Die of Metastatic Breast Cancer Was Not an Option.”
She was told there was nothing more to do and to just go home and prepare herself.
She was told there was nothing more to do and to just go home and prepare herself.
How are thrivers, survivors, and previvors navigating their relationships?
If I had sought out support, I would have been better informed about my options, about what to ask the oncologist, about what would help me during treatment. I wouldn’t have felt so ignorant. I wouldn’t have been alone with this new normal.
A blog can be therapeutic in its own right. While I expressed my feelings through the written word, now I can use my spoken word in my journey forward.
Six women, six bad ass businesses created by women of color after experiencing the inequities of the health care system.
I don’t want to be strong every day of my life and guess what it’s ok to not be. I have a village that picks up the days I am feeling weak and just don’t want to be strong anymore.
Having a safe space to share the good, bad, and ugly about my cancer journey, without judgment, meant the world to me.
On a quest to find 100 Black women survivors of this rare and aggressive form of breast cancer.
When you leave this world, what will your life be remembered for? What kind of mark will you leave on this world?
I believe that there has to be an energetic change at a fundamental level or our bodies will find their way back to the same loop that created the cancer to begin with.
Your voice, your story, and your support can make a difference. Join For the Breast of Us in our mission to empower, support, and advocate for women of color across the globe. Together, we can create a future where every woman has the resources and support she needs to overcome breast cancer.
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Welcome to our community—where hope thrives, strength is found, and sisters in the fight become family.