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Alison Judah, a yoga instructor, talks about her Reach & Raise team, the Little Shiny Oms, and why she chooses to support LBBC. 

Krista Campbell was 29 when she was diagnosed with stage IIA breast cancer. Krista will celebrate her 32nd birthday later this year with her boyfriend of 5 years, Brandon. Krista and Brandon sat down to interview each other about their relationship and how it changed and grew in response to breast cancer.

Lauren Oxenhandler reflects on what she wish she knew when she was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in 2017.

The annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium is one of two important research events on the calendar for breast cancer advocates. Thousands of doctors, researchers, advocates, pharmaceutical representatives, caregivers and people with breast cancer come together at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center for 5 days in early December. In this blog, Living Beyond Breast Cancer content coordinator Eric Fitzsimmons reflects on attending the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. 

Judy Erdahl, a Living Beyond Breast Cancer Hear My Voice volunteers, looks back on her history of advocacy, her friendship with Leslie Gottlieb and the importance of hope when living with metastatic breast cancer. 

Lilly Bolen honored the memory of her mother, Lauren Bolen, who served on Living Beyond Breast Cancer's board of directors by  organizing an event at her school that raised more than $3,800 for Living Beyond Breast Cancer.

Bev Parker developed lymphedema in 1986 after being diagnosed and treated for early-stage breast cancer. She spoke to Living Beyond Breast Cancer content coordinator Madison Hughes about how she's dealt with lymphedema over the past 32 years.

Living Beyond Breast Cancer Hear My Voice volunteer Ann Camden reflects on mortality on the anniversary of a friend's death. 

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.