by Director | Jul 1, 2019 | #maggiesbrightside, Breast Cancer, Diagnosis, Metastatic Disease
“This is not something I usually lead with, but I have metastatic breast cancer. Many people I know, especially general acquaintances on social media, do not know this about me. In fact, I’m pretty sure that some of you who read this blog know me but do not...
by Director | May 31, 2019 | #maggiesbrightside, Cancer, Community, Diagnosis
I knew Maggie was a force of nature. A force of fierceness and humor, of insight and brilliance, of dance and joy. I knew she was doing an incredible amount of work by starting Maggie’s Brightside and turning it into something really legit. As I read her blog posts...
by Director | Feb 4, 2019 | Diagnosis, Stage IV
Today’s guest post was written by by Emily Garnett. It is brought to you by our Sponsor, Camp Sangamon. Camp Sangamon provides funding for Maggie’s Brightside as a Super Generous Sponsor. Furthermore, if a Maggie Card holder has a son age 9 to 16, they will receive 5%...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Sep 29, 2017 | Breast Cancer, Clinical Trial, Diagnosis, Doctors, Maggie Card, Medication, Metastatic Disease
Now is the time to soften. I came to this conclusion as I lay on the mat in the first yoga class I had taken in a million years. I had been meaning to try a class at SoulShine Power Yoga, a Maggie’s Brightside Sponsor, for a while now, but as luck would have it, I...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Aug 8, 2016 | Breast Cancer, Cancer, Diagnosis, Metastatic Disease, Stage IV
I’ve been in a funk lately. I have this pit in my stomach that just won’t go away. At first I thought it was because I published a blog post about racism and my support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The post was live for about 4 days and invoked a...
by Maggie Van Duyn | Jul 17, 2016 | Cancer, Diagnosis, Environmental Factors
Background: I work for the Department for Children and Families and we have been, until April of this year, temporarily located at the Global Foundries/IBM Site. This week we got this email: All, Please read this important message from Commissioner Chen! To staff who...
