Nancy Davis

On March 24, 2012 The Associated Press announced at least five high-ranking executives from Komen have resigned.

On March 22, 2012 The Washington Post reported that a prominent Howard University surgeon, Dr. La Salle D. Leffall, Jr. stepped down from the charity's board.

It's been a little over two months now that Maggie Daley has been gone, but she is not forgotten -- especially by those of us in the Stage 4 cancer arena. We lost one of our own.

Margaret Corbett Daley, a Chicago icon, passed away from Stage 4 breast cancer...

I began writing this blog almost two weeks ago in hopes of getting it published before the holidays. But I was sidetracked once again by my cancer. It decided I needed to go to the hospital, and there I was for the past four days. There's no way I could...

As I write this, I am on a flight from my hometown of Chicago back to Palm Springs where I have been in treatment for cancer. I got the clearance from my oncologist to make the trip. One can't help but worry when so far away from one's doctor and...

In 1971, President Richard M. Nixon declared a war on cancer by signing into law the National Cancer Act. That was 40 years ago. A little over a decade later the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in hopes of speedy research and a cure.

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Five years ago I didn't know much about stage IV breast cancer. Today, I know a whole lot more. First and foremost, stage IV breast cancer is not curable. Furthermore, it is not a chronic disease. These are the facts and I acknowledge them.

Understanding my cancer is a never-ending...

As I progress though my fifth year with Stage IV breast cancer, I have not been blindsided by its ugliness. In my opinion, cancer takes more than one's body and soul; it takes one's very being.

Living with any stage of cancer can take a toll on one's pocketbook and...

I absolutely loathe anyone using the term "living with Stage IV breast cancer." I ask: Are you really living? Is your life still the same as it was before the cancer? Do folks around you treat you differently?

First and foremost, I am not living with the...

Unfortunately...Elizabeth Edwards will most likely be honored more in death than in life. We are solemnly saddened, and also disappointed in perhaps thinking she could pull off a miracle for all of us with Stage IV Breast Cancer.

Many Stage IVs had followed her story from day...

Last week, I had my regular oncologist visit. This usually consists of a quick physical, vitals, blood work and an infusion, a 40 minute drip to help strengthen diseased bones. I had been cut back on the drug as it has some mighty side effects and being on it five...

No one knows better the relief of November, than 160,000 women and men living with Stage IV Breast Cancer. To date 40,000 will have passed by year end, not far off from 3 decades ago 42,000. "Pink-tober", reaffirms that we, people with Metastatic Breast Cancer, are still living in the...