Navigating Treatment Options As a Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient
Hearing you have metastatic breast cancer results in difficult sensations and emotions, including shock, fear, disbelief, and numbness. My mind and body felt other strong emotions – anger, betrayal, grief, and sadness. I cried in the arms of my husband, who quietly said, “What do we do next? You are a strong person. You have always been a fighter – never backing down from a challenge.” He was right. Giving up and wallowing in despair would just hasten my death.
Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer
When do Americans think about breast cancer? Most hear the disease discussed in October with the message “Get a mammogram so if the cancer is found early, you can survive.” Americans need to know more about that narrow message.
Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Funding Metastatic Breast Cancer Research
I think we all agree that the last year has been challenging on so many levels. The surge of the Covid pandemic and the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ ability to spread throughout our communities and the globe has profoundly affected the ability to simply carry out daily activities such as attending classes, practicing the sports we love, […]
The Side-Out Story
In volleyball, “side-out” means regaining control of the ball. Similarly, The Side-Out Foundation helps people with breast cancer regain control of their lives. Rick Dunetz always wanted to be a volleyball coach. His first opportunity, however, was not as he had imagined. In 2004, the head coach at West Springfield High School in Springfield, VA […]
Fact or Fiction? 7 Breast Cancer Misconceptions
Just like anything else on the Internet, there are dozens of breast cancer myths circulating online. If you or a loved one has never had an experience with the disease, it can be pretty difficult to determine what information is fact and what is fiction. Even though breast cancer is one of the more talked-about […]
Clinical Trial Update: What We Will Learn from Side-Out 3
For 12 years, we have been working to personalize treatments through clinical trials for breast cancer patients – because no two are exactly alike. This work has been supported by the fundraising of hundreds of dedicated and passionate volleyball teams around the country through Side-Out’s Dig Pink® initiative. Most recently we have concluded the enrollment […]
The Side-Out Foundation Accepted into MBC Alliance
FAIRFAX, Va. – The Side-Out Foundation is happy to announce today that the foundation has officially joined the Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance (MBCA) as a Nonprofit Member Organization. After completing the application process, Side-Out’s Executive Director Rick Dunetz had conversations with MBCA Executive Director Laurie Campbell and Alliance Chair Shirley Mertz about the benefits to […]
