Metastatic breast cancer (also known as stage 4) is responsible for 100% of breast cancer deaths. Yet, only 2-5% total research funding goes towards MBC.
Many people think of breast cancer and they think of the end of treatment. That you ring a bell, get your life back, and move on.
But anywhere between 25-30% of early stage breast cancer will progress to stage 4.
Metastatic breast cancer doesn’t move on, it moves IN.
It spreads to your bones, your brain, your lungs, your liver, and it never leaves.
There’s no cure. No “all clear.” Just treatment… for life.
It’s the cancer that kills, but the one no one talks about in all of the awareness campaigns.
Because it doesn’t fit the pink fairytale. Because “forever” is a little harder to market.
We live scan to scan, with bodies that look fine and carry fear quietly.
We live knowing time is precious, so we live differently.
When you know your time is limited, you try hard to stop wasting it.
You love louder. You forgive faster. You chase fun, adventure and joy.
So, metastatic breast cancer isn’t pink and pretty. It’s bold. And it’s brutal.
But it also makes you see this beautiful life in a way you never thought possible.
That’s why October 13th is so important. #stage4needsmore
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