How do you share information with your doctor? This is a tough question. If you have had a bad experience or if you have been afraid to even broach something new with your doctor, this is the post for you. We asked two patient activists how they talk to their physicians and they provided us with tips that can help when sharing information. From Patient...
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In November 2013, Medivizor started a campaign of Thanks, donating funds to four organizations that do amazing amounts of good for people with breast, colon, prostate cancers and diabetes. One of those organizations was METAvivor. METAvivor’s Mission METAvivor’s mission is: METAvivor exists to sustain hope for those living with metastatic breast...
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Help us help others! Please spread the word: Autumn Harvest Celebrations of autumn, the harvest, and the blessings of the passing year are found in many cultures. In China, there’s the celebration of the harvest moon. In the Jewish culture, a festival called Sukkot celebrates the wandering in the desert and the harvest. The ancient Greeks celebrated a...
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Looking for research on metastatic breast cancer? This can be a problem. It was precisely for this reason that Dian (CJ) Corneliussen-James started a non-profit called METAvivor. “It was out of outrage,” she says. For those who don’t know, people who have Stage IV (4) cancer have metastatic disease. Metastases means the spread of a cancer from...
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