#CANCERLAND x ANAONO 3RD ANNUAL NEW YORK FASHION WEEK FUNDRAISER
AnaOno is excited to once again be a part of Project #Cancerland’s fundraiser show at New York Fashion Week! The show, on February 10th, is in partnership with Project #Cancerland and benefitting Metavivor, an organization which funds research to treat & cure Stage IV breast cancer, the only breast cancer that kills. Now in our third year of this groundbreaking showcase, this year’s runway will feature models who are all currently living with and battling the terminal disease.
The 5 Steps to Revival in 2019
Guest post by Tracy Birdsell, Breast Cancer Survivor and Meditation Teacher
My trip to Owego inspired this month’s meditation on revival. The trees and the piles of golden leaves on the ground from the season before all reminded me that everything is a cycle. With this in mind, I created an easy system for you to help you stay focused on what matters most to you in your life right now in the year ahead.
IT'S TIME TO REVIVE
HAPPY NEW YEAR! It’s the start of another new year, and every year, we turn the page towards new opportunities and new adventures, in the hopes that this year will be the best yet, or maybe even better than last! For us here at AnaOno, the spark of a new year for us means REVIVAL. And that is what we are focusing on all month long. Revival is a special word for those of us in the breast cancer community, who after diagnosis, strive for recovery, a comeback and a reintroduction into who they are, and everything that encompasses.
My Thank You Note To All Of You
It’s National Thank You Note Day, and I know who should get the biggest Thank You of all, and that is you all! This year there is so much to be thankful for, and all of it is because of you.
✨HOLIDAY Gift of Giving GIVEAWAY✨
It’s the season of giving. But if you’ve been following along this month, our theme here at AnaOno is all about support. December is the time to come together and show the people we love how much we care by offering them support, understanding and empathy, at a time when they may need it most.
How do you feel supported?
The holiday season is all about showing others around you how much you care. For our community, and especially for those who may not have support or are feeling the emotional pressures from the season, supporting the women around you is essential.
When You Need Someone To Lean On
Do the holidays have you feeling blue, alone, isolated, lonely? It’s always a weird time of year for me now, not the joyous time of year it once was. And every year following my diagnosis has a different reaction. The first year, I remember feeling thankful that I made it to the “almost” end of my treatment. The second year, I was figuring out what a new life looked like after a cancer diagnosis. The years after that, I approached the holidays holding my breath and thinking, “I made it. But could this be my last.”
Dating After Mastectomy
Guest Contributor. Kristen Carbone
It’s been five years since my preventative double mastectomy and subsequent reconstruction surgeries, and I’m only just beginning to feel confident in my new body. On the other side of my healing journey – after four surgeries, surgical drains, tissue expanders, and three different sets of implants – I immediately felt myself alleviated of an emotional burden so enormous that I honestly feel physically lighter. I no longer have to worry quite so much about a future cancer diagnosis, but I had difficulty coming to terms with my new breasts.
From Full Reconstruction to Flat: My Decision to Explant Eight Years Later
I missed half of my senior year of college for a thyroidectomy and radiation after a sudden thyroid cancer diagnosis weeks after my 21st birthday. I spent the following decade in and out of hospitals for follow-up testing, chronic migraines and PTSD-related anxiety, depression and panic attacks.
8 years. 5 months.
Today is bittersweet. This day marks 8 years and 5 months since I heard the three scariest words of my life. You. Have. Cancer.
Top 5 Things to Wear Home Post-Mastectomy
We know that heading into the surgery room to face your single or double mastectomy surgery is a frightening thing. Not to mention the added anxiety of getting dressed and ready for the occasion. That's why we are here to help. We do not want you to worry one bit about how you will dress yourself, so we prepared a simple go-to list of our top 5 styles that help you recover in comfort:
I’m Swimming With or Without Boobs: Post-Mastectomy Swimwear
We can’t even begin to tell you how excited we are to be able to present this to you all. It’s about time the world saw some swimsuits designed with breast cancer patients in mind, that are actually cute and work for a range of different ages, not just your granny’s. You already know that some of the ones out there right now are kinda meh. And we just couldn’t leave it like that anymore! We’re not going to settle with our bras, we’re not going to settle with our swimsuits, we’re not going to settle. Period. That’s it.