My efforts to join the fight against breast cancer all began around the fact that women were getting short-changed in the medical arena.

When someone asks you what you did this weekend....let them know you gave a mother more time with her children, husband, family and friends

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004.

[Karen Lundegaard] was quite frail, debilitated by metastatic breast cancer, which she had long known she had but for which she had been unable to get adequate treatment because she lacked medical insurance. ("If you mention anything about me," she said, "tell people that.")

If only there was a vaccine to protect against breast cancer, we'd be lining up - wouldn't we?

Every woman needs to know the facts. And the fact is, when it comes to breast cancer, every woman is at risk.