I’m delighted to participate in the 2019 Summer Blogging Challenge offered by friend and fellow blogger, Nancy, at Nancy’s Point. The challenge involves answering a series of random questions about ourselves and blogging. In addition, as Nancy explains, this year’s challenge is a “blog hop” which means that it’s a chance for all who participate to “hop around” to other blogs and discover some new writers and maybe some new friends as well.
So, let’s get right to it. Here are the 14 random questions that Nancy has posed along with my responses. Continue reading
What are the best ideas for how we could prevent breast cancer in whole populations? This was the big question behind a recent competition sponsored by the California Breast Cancer Research Program. I attended the final round of the competition via livestream and was impressed by the variety and creativity of the proposals presented. 
What’s the latest “need to know” news in cancer research? In this post, I’ll briefly review several of the most interesting cancer research stories that have been in the news this spring.
Earlier this year I made the decision to undergo genetic testing to find out whether I’ve inherited any genetic mutation that could increase my risk for a new breast cancer diagnosis or for other cancers.
I recently came across a copy of a letter I wrote back in 1994, about a year after my breast cancer diagnosis, to members of a congressional committee that was considering the budget for the following year. Here is part of what I had written:
Nothing could have prepared me for the shock of hearing, at age 35, that I had breast cancer.