You should know from the outset that my tongue is planted firmly in my cheek.  This post will not mention the decorated dead of America’s many wars.  Not that they don’t deserve it, but, hey, …

Stop the greed. Please take a minute to tell Eli Lilly to “stop milking cancer” .

About two months ago, while showering I found a lump on my left breast. I ran my fingers across it as I was taught to do. Yes, it is there, it’s not my imagination.

It’s Just Another Hill, Baby
by  Pseudonymous Teacher  of Phhhst
In October of 2006 I returned to the classroom following a six month leave for breast cancer treatments.  My first day back to work presented …

by  Pseudonymous Teacher  of Phhhst

I’ve got some battle scars. My right breast has a one inch mark from a lumpectomy that was benign. There’s a leftover trench, a hidden valley of sorts from that surgery. …

by Darryle Pollack of  I Never Signed Up For This

My diagnosis of breast cancer 13 years ago dramatically increased the risk factor for my sister Carla.  In the years since, she’s been very vigilant–and very …