If you’ve experienced acid reflux, that uncomfortable burning sensation in your chest or throat, you are not alone. Acid reflux is extremely common during cancer treatment and affects people with cancer even more than those without cancer. In breast cancer treatment,… Continue reading
At the age of 47, I learned I have the BRCA1 genetic mutation. It was a complete fluke that I found out about my high-risk status. Even though my father’s family history of cancer includes breast (his mom), prostate (his dad), and melanoma (his aunt), it wasn’t until he… Continue reading
For Mrs. Bloomberg, Math Coordinator and 5th grade math teacher at Academies at GBDS, what started as a small fundraiser has, over time, grown into her passion project. Six years ago when Ellen Bloomberg began working at Academies at GBDS, the Head of School at the time… Continue reading
Scott was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on a Friday afternoon in November of 2004, kicking off one of the worst weekends of his life as he and his family dealt with the shock of the diagnosis. Today, as a pancreatic cancer survivor and patient advocate, Scott works to bring… Continue reading
After my BRCA test came back negative in 2010, I wrote a Sharsheret blog about my relief and volunteered to be a Sharsheret peer supporter for those deciding about genetic testing. My mom died of breast cancer in 1994, about six months before the BRCA test was released. She was… Continue reading
My husband Jaryd and I spent the last four years creating our family. I was so excited to return to life without being pregnant after having three children under the age of 4. I was at the very end of my maternity leave and had gone for a mammogram on a Thursday, knowing… Continue reading
Knowing my Jewish ancestry saved my life. I happened to take an at-home genetic test and found out that in addition to being approximately 52% African American, I had Ashkenazi Jewish DNA. Several months later, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer the knowledge I had… Continue reading
I am a mother, a friend, a daughter, a sister, a partner and now a patient. This is my story... On November 26th 2019, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Invasive Ductal Cancer (IDC Breast Cancer). By December 5th I got the worst possible upgrade to Stage 4 Metastatic Breast… Continue reading
It was a typical summer night in June 2019 with my daughters, age 7 and 10 at the time, brushing their teeth and getting ready for bed. I reached down to scratch the top part of my left breast and felt a lump. It felt like a small marble and hurt a bit to the touch, but I… Continue reading
To make a long story short….Once upon a time, there lived a man called Mordechai, who lived with his niece Esther. Well, we’re not sure if she was his niece. Maybe she was his wife... or sister. The point is they were related somehow. In the same town, there was a king named… Continue reading
