A Millennial’s Guide to Breast Cancer

The Beginning: an introduction and the initial diagnosis

From diagnosis to ringing the bell

Translating Medicalese: reading the first pathology report

Let’s Talk it Over: managing communication during cancer

It Takes More Than a Village: an exhausting but non-exhaustive list of the people involved in cancer treatment

Tumor Eviction Day: what to expect for pre-op and surgery

Can I Get the Final Answer? when and how you learn what treatment will fully entail

Hulk Powers, Activate! a walk-through of radiation therapy from the initial appointment to ringing the bell

After the Last Day: what happens after surgery and radiation are done

The more emotional side of the journey

I Don’t Know How to Say This, But … telling people about your diagnosis

If There’s Anything I Can Do … dealing with the inevitable offer

The Dark Night of the Soul: making it through the worst times

Write What You Know: Stephen King and life imitating art


And So It Goes: a pause, but not the end