‘Left Boob Gone Rogue’ an Insightful, Humorous Blog About Breast Cancer


Dr. Uzma Yunus wasn’t planning on going public about her breast cancer diagnosis. But when the 44-year-old psychiatrist and mother of two was diagnosed with stage three cancer four years ago, she found it exhausting to keep giving the same updates to concerned friends and family.

So Yunus started a blog. “Left Boob Gone Rogue” offers her insightful, personal and often humorous posts, which have also been published in the Huffington Post and the New York Times.

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In addition to updating readers about her health, Yunus offers observations about her journey, including what she, as a psychiatrist and patient, sees as a lack of attention to the emotional challenges of living with cancer.

Yunus joins Phil Ponce in discussion.


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