Three easy ways to be a breast cancer advocate
One of the things I learned as a 2019-2020 Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Advocate is advocacy can take many forms. In fact, there’s an entire...
“Why did I become an Advocate?” – Sheila McGlown, Tigerlily MBC ANGEL Advocate
Often times I’m asked, “Why did I become an advocate?” And often times I ask myself the same question “WHY did I become an advocate?”...
Holiday Blog: The answer is, through gratitude.
For any person, coming upon the end of a year can make you feel like you are searching for all the promises you’ve kept, goals...
Living with MBC is a family diagnosis
National Care Givers month has opened a door for my family and I to speak about my cancer diagnosis. Living with MBC is a family diagnosis, and we...
Caregiver Perspective: Caring for my daughter with metastatic breast cancer
I’m often asked, “How do you do it”? What they are asking is, how do I deal with the fact that my daughter Erica has terminal breast...
Tigerlily Foundation’s Young Women’s MBC Disparities Initiative
On March 20, Tigerlily Foundation hosted a Metastatic Breast Cancer Disparities Listening Summit, a historic initiative that is the first of its...
Overcoming the fear of recurrence and embracing my metastatic sisters
At my first conference for young women affected by breast cancer, I remember the other ladies talking about how their metastatic breast cancer...
Something is wrong: An unlikely diagnosis
“Something is wrong,” I said to my mom on the phone, standing in front of the bathroom mirror. While my left breast had felt heavy and...
It all started with a lump…
It all started with a lump… At the age of 31, I was diagnosed with stage 1b intraductal carcinoma. It was life shattering. I...
Conquering Breast Cancer – Tiffany’s Story
I was initially diagnosed with breast cancer— invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) on August 23, 2010. I was 26 years old. I was a newlywed, who’d...