
Here are some tips on coping with the disease that seems to affect us all.

Khevin Barnes is a writer and breast cancer advocate living in Vail, Arizona with his wife, two cats and a desert tortoise. He is a retired stage magician and now, a hopelessly obsessive five-string banjo player. He was diagnosed with male breast cancer in 2014.

Here are some tips on coping with the disease that seems to affect us all.

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