{"id":3237,"date":"2026-07-28T06:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2026-07-28T06:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:22:23","slug":"two-moms-on-parenting-through-stage-4-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=3237","title":{"rendered":"Two Moms on Parenting Through Stage 4 Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tJess Fioretti and Deltra James have a few things in common. Both are moms \u2014 and both are living with stage four metastatic breast cancer (mBC). They know all too well the ups and downs that come with hair loss, surgery, and advocacy, but also the challenges of parenting tweens and teens.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn the past seven years, I\u2019ve lived so much life,\u201d James tells SheKnows, in a sitdown conversation with Fioretti. \u201cI\u2019ve moved. I\u2019ve gotten my own place. I\u2019ve fell in love again. I\u2019ve put my girls in school. I\u2019ve watched kids graduate. I\u2019ve become a grandma. So much life has happened since I was told that I was dying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJames left an unhappy marriage after she was diagnosed with mBC at just 33 years old. For her, parenting her five girls through her diagnosis means being able to live her best life and do the things that bring her joy, despite the difficult situations.<\/p>\n

\n\tFioretti knows what that\u2019s like. She also knows that her daughters have learned a thing or two from her own cancer journey. One of those lessons? \u201cIn a challenging time, we can still live our lives,\u201d Fioretti says. \u201cLife throws us different things all the time: cancer, relationships, grieving, losing parents\u2026. We have the ability to be resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTo hear more of Jess and Deltra\u2019s conversation \u2014 from how their diagnosis changed the way they parent to the advice they\u2019d give to the newly diagnosed \u2014 watch the full video above.<\/p>\n

\n\tContent was independently created by SHE Media with funding from Novartis Pharmaceuticals.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tFor US audiences only.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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Jess Fioretti and Deltra James have a few things in common. Both are moms \u2014 and both are living with stage four metastatic breast cancer (mBC). They know all too well the ups and downs that come with hair loss, surgery, and advocacy, but also the challenges of parenting tweens and teens. \u201cIn the past seven years, I\u2019ve lived so much life,\u201d James tells SheKnows, in a sitdown conversation with Fioretti. \u201cI\u2019ve moved. I\u2019ve gotten my own place. I\u2019ve fell in love again. I\u2019ve put my girls in school. I\u2019ve watched kids graduate. I\u2019ve become a grandma. So much life has happened since I was told that I was dying.\u201d James left an unhappy marriage after she was diagnosed with mBC at just 33 years old. For her, parenting her five girls through her diagnosis means being able to live her best life and do the things that bring her joy, despite the difficult situations. Fioretti knows what that\u2019s like. She also knows that her daughters have learned a thing or two from her own cancer journey. One of those lessons? \u201cIn a challenging time, we can still live our lives,\u201d Fioretti says. \u201cLife throws us different things all the time: cancer, relationships, grieving, losing parents\u2026. We have the ability to be resilient.\u201d To hear more of Jess and Deltra\u2019s conversation \u2014 from how their diagnosis changed the way they parent to the advice they\u2019d give to the newly diagnosed \u2014 watch the full video above. Content was independently created by SHE Media with funding from Novartis Pharmaceuticals. For US audiences only. Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-female-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}