November 2015 The Oneida City Fire Department partnered with Hope Chest for Charity Inc. to create the CNY Breast Cancer Community...

Performing an act of kindness for someone undergoing a lumpectomy is crucial because it offers emotional support and reassurance during a...

December 5, 2013 Journal Dump #007 Today I am 3 days away from my surgery date - having a bilateral mastectomy, also known as a double...

December 1, 2013 Journal Dump #006 Who to tell and when to tell.  Serious questions that I pondered for quite a while in the beginning....

November 29, 2013 Journal Dump #005 I am 10 days away from having double mastectomy surgery, scheduled for December 9th. Since hearing...

November 28, 2013 Journal Dump #004 I was told by everyone who knew about my breast cancer that I was NOT to look up anything on the...

October 24, 2016 The Oneida Daily Dispatch issues a special supplement called Think Pink for October's breast cancer awareness month.  I...

In 2015, Shelly Straub was featured on The Informed Patient Podcast for Upstate Medical University, where she shared her powerful breast...

October 2, 2016 Journal Dump #078 I was contacted by the Editor of a local magazine in Syracuse, New York about writing a piece on my...

November 5, 2013 Journal Dump #003 The amount of information that came at me, in a very short amount of time was seriously overwhelming. ...

OCTOBER 31, 2013 Journal Dump #002 The biopsy experience. What they don't tell you: 1. Maybe they will, maybe they won't... but no one...

OCTOBER 17, 2013 Journal Dump #001 In October of 2013, I was enjoying our annual family camping trip and noticed a hard lump on the side...