It’s a Marathon

It’s a Marathon

Stage 4 cancer. Hope lives, even as we run the marathon.  While metastatic breast cancer can and does kill quickly, for many of us this disease is a marathon. When I was first diagnosed over six years ago with a particularly aggressive type of the disease, I had some...

Who is Heather?

Rare? I am Heather The David and Heather Ryan FamilyI got the call, “…she will not last much longer, I just wanted you to know”.  The drive from Friendswood, Texas to Tuscaloosa, Alabama is long, 9+ hours.  I got there as quickly as I could, but it was too late.   I...

My Wish

Engrossed in an article I was writing, I looked up and said “What?” My daughter, Veronica, was standing there, laughing and repeating what I missed, rushing to speak, “1,2,3,4 make a wish! . . . 1,2,3,4 make a wish! Oh you missed it. You are supposed to make a wish...
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Course

Inflammatory Breast Cancer Course

Course Overview Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare but aggressive form of breast cancer. Although it accounts for 2-6% of all breast cancers, the 5-year overall survival rate is only 40% while the 5-year overall survival rate for all types of breast cancer combined...
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