Talk about using your own experience to help others! Joy Jones found that regular clothing stores were just plain unhelpful and even treated her coldly after her mastectomy when she went to buy bras, swimsuits and clothing items in general. She heard similar stories from her friends, including one woman who said she was told by a sales clerk fitting her for a wig that she had the biggest head she had ever seen.

Young women diagnosed with breast cancer have many more issues facing them than just getting through their cancer experience and minimizing their chance of a recurrence. Often the treatment choices they are presented with have tradeoffs involving the likelihood that they will ever be able to have and/or add to their families.

As a young adult female, I have found that in our world, we have so many things to prepare for, or prevent. I am about to turn 30, am married, and have two children. To be completely honest, I have never had someone in my "circle of friends" die. The thought of it frightens me to no end. However, the reality is, that being an adult female means I have much more at risk. I follow through with all my check-ups; but being a part of this community and site has opened my eyes to a reality that I was never aware existed.

So, finally, the die has been cast and we know who will face off this November for the job of President of the United States. There are a number of issues that they will have to address over these next five months, but one that has not gotten much attention is their views on the war on cancer.