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Cancered Out! by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Those of you who regularly read this blog have surely noticed that I have not been posting as frequently as usual. I'd like to apologize and explain. Four years ago I w ... Read on »

Wellpoint Targets women with breast cancer by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer In an exclusive story just published by Reuters there is evidence of Wellpoint canceling health insurance for women diagnosed with breast cancer. One after another, s ... Read on »

God Never Blinks by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer When I started reading God Never Blinks - 50 Lessons for Life's Little Detours I didn't realize that I had already read part of this book. As it turns out lots of you have a ... Read on »

Patients without health insurance more likely to delay care for heart attack by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer In related news, water is wet, rocks are hard and if you jump off the roof of a skyscraper you might get hurt! Patients who do not have health care insurance, or t ... Read on »

The Story of Grace by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer From Lump to Laughter - The Story of Grace was written by Connie Hill and talks about her experience with breast cancer and her relationship with God throughout the process ... Read on »

Cancer Sucks has a new website by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Cancer Sucks works from the mission statement that they "Provide a forum for those who have lost loved ones to cancer while aggressively raising money to find a ... Read on »

8th Annual National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week - April 4-10, 2010". by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer If you are between your teens and your early 40's you're considered to be a young adult in the cancer world. Congratulations, you get a week! When Vital Options was found ... Read on »

That's one hell of a bucket list by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I am not making this up, from the New York Post A 51-year-old cancer patient robbed a Florida bank on the spur of the moment because, she said, it was on her "bucket l ... Read on »

The best breast cancer news I've seen in months! by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer In case you missed this story, Monday a federal judge struck down seven patents on on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. As most of you know these genes are linked to ovarian and br ... Read on »

This sums it up to me by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Don't strain your eyes, click to enlarge. Read on »

Help LIVESTRONG and young adults with cancer by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Planet Cancer recently joined LIVESTRONG to combine resources and efforts to reach and serve young adults with cancer. Their first project is pilot testing of a new LIVESTR ... Read on »

lincoln by Katherine B. Patient Expert

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Pink Daisy Project by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I love the Pink Daisy Project and I hope you will too. Instead of funding research or lobbyists this group buys groceries and pays prescription copays. They connect bre ... Read on »

How can you help someone with cancer - Peer Connections by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer After months and months of fighting, health care reform is a done deal, at least for now. Now I want to get back to things that you can do to help others with cancer as we ... Read on »

Free colon test kits by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and the folks at Freedom Pharmacy and Wellness Center want you to be more aware than ever. They are giving out FREE “Colon Self-Test ... Read on »

Let's hear it for the nuns! by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer My grandfather was one of nine that survived to adulthood, six girls and three boys. Of his six sisters, four became Dominican nuns. One of the nuns, my Aunt Tina was a ... Read on »

Does this mean goodbye to Rush? by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer While I would not shed a tear, hell, I'd offer to help him pack, but I don't really think he's leaving. Sounds to me like progressives got a little too celebratory but ... Read on »

Who is the dick of the day? by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Turns out Bart Stupak is the winner of today's Dick of the Day! Do you know what he won with this hold out crap? The policy of federal funds being used to pay for abortions ... Read on »

The Brilliant Jon Stewart by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer This is in two parts and should be required viewing for anyone with a sense of humor and morality. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 1 ... Read on »

One more doctor for health reform by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Like everyone who has kids, our kids have doctors. Dr. David Hill is one of the pediatricians in the practice that we take our children to. I've never given a lot of thou ... Read on »

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