Exercise and Osteoporosis

Show me your muscles! If you’re a woman of a certain age, flexing your muscles for show probably isn’t something you do on the regular.  That’s not “ageist”.  It’s honest. There’s an entire segment of women in the breast cancer population who...

When Cake Means Fear

Cake is just cake. There’s chocolate cake. Vanilla cake. And my personal favorite. . .coconut cake. There’s cake for your birthday (a cake-worthy day if ever there was one), cake for end of treatment (seriously, get a BIG cake for that), and cake for the...

On Finding Resilience

Let’s talk RESILIENCE.  Definition: The ability to overcome adversity.  Oh, you know adversity, don’t you? You’re a survivor of ER/PR+ breast cancer. You’ve been through grueling treatment. Heard the words, “It is cancer.” Done the...

Best Fats For Healthy Hearts

Ready to focus on your ticker? This blog is devoted to all things breast health after treatment for ER/PR+ cancer, but remember, there’s a link between heart disease and breast cancer, which I wrote about here. It’s just as important to pay attention to the...