Almost everyday, I receive cancer-related questions from social media followers. So I’m finally able to gather most of them right now and create an FAQ along with my response. My sources for these info are from personal experiences, my medical team at UCSD and...
NOTE: This blog is proudly written in collaboration with iGoPink.org, an American non-profit organization that supports breast cancer patients and research for October, the month for breast cancer awareness. I officially received my stage 2A diagnosis on October 2016...
Being diagnosed with a life-threatening disease such as breast cancer is already stressful on its own. Plus, chemotherapy can cause nausea and messes up the appetite, sleep, immune system, digestion, weight, hormones, libido and energy levels. And since the Holidays...
ON HORMONE THERAPY… It’s been exactly a week since I got off the Arimidex pills. The Zoladex injection is still probably in my system. Both these meds forced my body to go on clinical menopause by suppressing estrogen and it’s been a helluva’...
I’ve been trying to bring myself to continue writing about my breast cancer journey lately, but for some reason, my thoughts just keep getting swayed. I’ve attempted so many times. During radiation period, in the airport as I wait for my flight to Manila,...
