Finding ways to manage the stress and anxiety of cancer can be a challenge when the disease is ever-present, but activities like baking can distract you just long enough to handle that stress and make a tasty treat.
Marissa Holzer
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Marissa is a “GenXer” living as a “flattie” with metastatic breast cancer since March 2014. An avid thrifter and vintage lover, she also enjoys reading, stress baking and roller skating. She lives in Southern California with her high school sweetheart and rescued mini schnauzer.
Articles by Marissa Holzer
Getting a second opinion is vital in handling metastatic breast cancer, after all, four eyes are better than two.
“Pinktober” is a major month for women with breast cancer, but sometimes that mainstream awareness doesn’t cover the experience of all women with breast cancer. Including those with metastatic breast cancer.
Cancer, unfortunately, forces you to adapt or be miserable. There’s a solution to the side effects of treatment out there. You just have to find it.
There are women all over the world advocating for flat closure and starting nonprofits to put flat on the menu and make it a viable choice when it comes to mastectomy.
Patients with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer need so much more. All I want is more time, because six years is just not enough.
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