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After being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, Kelli Davis had a mental health crisis. She spoke to LBBC contributing writer Robin Warshaw about the crisis and how she got through it. 

In September 2016, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer for the third time. Not her third recurrence—her third primary cancer. Due to family history and personal risk, I made the difficult decision to have a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy in February 2017. At the time, I was working as a charge nurse on an inpatient oncology unit treating mostly leukemia and lymphoma patients. 

On Saturday, December 1, 2018, Usama Malik, interim chief financial officer and chief business officer of Immunomedics Inc., will run the 100k Devil Dog Ultra. He will run in honor of those living with breast cancer.

Seline Braswell, owner of Vivid Salon in Philadelphia, hosted a “Pretty and Pink” DIY fundraising event to benefit Living Beyond Breast Cancer. Seline, who was diagnosed with breast cancer 17 years ago, wanted to support LBBC for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. She decided to host an event that would allow her to use her hairstyling expertise to raise funds for a cause that is so important to her personally.

Phil Giangiordano reached out to Living Beyond Breast Cancer earlier this year when he was looking to give to a breast cancer organization. Phil is a coach for a men’s softball league and wanted to find a way to combine his love for softball with his desire to help those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Yael Levin’s plans for breast reconstruction after a double mastectomy did not work out. She spoke to contributing writer Robin Warshaw about going flat.

Michael Ham, MSN, RN, a registered nurse and medical tattoo artist, will present with his colleague Evan B. Katzel, MD on the latest techniques in breast reconstruction, nipple reconstruction and nipple tattoos at LBBC's upcoming 2018 Living Beyond Breast Cancer Conference in Philadelphia. 

Here, read more about how Michael became a medical tattoo artist and what the role means to him. To learn more about tattooing options, attend Michael's talk during Breakout Sessions: Part Two on Saturday, September 29 from 2:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Living Beyond Breast Cancer Young Advocate Program alum and Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation volunteer Roxanne Martinez shares her advice for moving forward after treatment for triple-negative breast cancer ends. 

In this Q&A with our contributing writer Robin Warshaw, Helga Torres speaks about what it was like to learn that breast cancer had returned. She discusses the emotions she felt on learning she had metastatic breast cancer and ways she coped that were different from when she was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer.

Chiara D'Agostino was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in 2014. In August 2016, she learned the cancer had spread to her lungs. Here, she shares her story of choosing to get treatment for metastatic, stage IV breast cancer through clinical trials and the experience of finding, learning about, and enrolling in trials that met her treatment needs.