[Debbie L.]

Emelie and all,

This has been such a great discussion. I'm grateful to you, Emelie -- both for beginning it and then for supporting it with your calm and nonjudgmental responses. At first, I feared we'd ruffle your feathers but your calm assurances reinforced (at least in my mind) that there's a right way of living with breast cancer for each one of us -- and it's also DIFFERENT for each one of us. Kudos to you for doing the hard work to find what's right for you, and also for sharing that with us.

In case you have not seen it, I thought you and others might be interested in an article in the Washington Post, written by a nurse diagnosed with stage IV IBC who chooses less aggressive treatment options. There's another blog about the article that's interesting. I'll include both links.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...BsT_story.html

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2012/0...overcome-them/