Tag: breast cancer awareness month

‘Standing on a stage speaking to hundreds of people, I feel strong. I feel powerful. I feel liked. I feel like I’m allowed to be me. But is that because I’ve been given a pass because of cancer?’ Kris Hallenga asks this question in Glittering a Turd, her memoir charting 12 years with incurable breast

This story is part of Survivor's Guide, a series on navigating the impact of breast cancer through beauty and self-care. Amid so many other transformations to your body, treatments such as chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and radiation therapy often cause dryness, itchiness, and sun sensitivity to the skin. "Studies show skin conditions are the most unexpected

This story is part of Survivor's Guide, a series on navigating the impact of breast cancer through beauty and self-care. Losing your hair is just one side effect of chemotherapy, but it's the most visible. In fact, "hair loss in breast cancer patients and survivors is considered one of the top side effects that affect