Live from the YSC Summit 2023!

The cat’s out of the bag and the co-host is in another state (we miss you, Amy!!), but we’re making it work with some pals old and new. If you can believe it, we nabbed Thriver Writer, survivor and recent divorcée (keep reading; it’s relevant) Meghan McCallum! Joining us too: producer, co-survivor and husband extraordinaire Nathan McGehee. The convo? Relationships of all flavors, with some live letters that brought the house down. How do you get your mojo back when the hormones aren’t flowing like they used to? When do you disclose cancer status to a date? And oh yeah: "At leasters"? come here, we just wanna talk. A huge thank you to the brave readers that joined us on stage and the anons that let us share their words, too. RATS come scurrying out of the weed(s) to confront the cannabis problem. Sure, there are some studies, but without legalization and with all these taboos, how’s a breastie supposed to get straight answers? We try to help clear the air. A HUGE HUGE mound of gratitude to Young Survival Coalition for having us, and to everyone who stayed to listen, talked to us after, and whom we met over the incredible summit weekend. We love you, YSC!!

As promised, here is the link-o-rama! 

Meghan McCallum’s writing can be found at https://www.thriverwriter.com and she’s on the ‘gram too: https://instagram.com/thriverwriter?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

For kids of cancer grownups, Camp Kesem offers free summer camps nationwide: https://www.kesem.org

Healing Pines Respite offers free wellness retreats in & around North Carolina: https://www.healingpinesrespite.org

Little Pink Houses of Hope provides no cost retreats to survivors, thrives, and their families. https://www.littlepink.org

Fight Through Flights offers free wellness retreats and travel opportunities for Black survivors and thrivers https://www.fightthroughflights.org

For The Breast of Us empowers women of color with breast cancer diagnoses! https://breastofus.com

YSC’s virtual meetups for LGBTQIA folks are so good! https://youngsurvival.org/ysc-private-facebook-group-for-lgbtq-survivors-and-thrivers

CANNABIS STUFF! 

The study on anti-tumor effects for ER+ breast cancer: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4018723/ 

& the possible mechanism combined with endocrine disruption: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25177025

Antitumor activity of plant cannabinoids with emphasis on the effect of cannabidiol on human breast carcinoma. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16728591/http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/68/9_Supplement/

Cannabidiol as a novel inhibitor of Id-1 gene expression in aggressive breast cancer cells. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18025276 & Full Text: http://mct.aacrjournals.org/content/6/11/2921.long

Modulation of the tumor microenvironment and inhibition of EGF/EGFR pathway; novel anti-tumor mechanisms of Cannabidiol in breast cancer 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4387115/

Modulation of breast cancer cell viability by a cannabinoid receptor 2 agonist, JWH-015(Synthetic THC), is calcium dependent 

https://www.dovepress.com/modulation-of-breast-cancer-cell-viability-by-a-cannabinoid-receptor-2-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-BCTT

Cannabis expert RN doing amazing work: http://www.nursekristin.com

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