Jennifer A Douglas - Author + DCIS Patient Advocate

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Jennifer A Douglas - Author + DCIS Patient Advocate

Just diagnosed? Still processing? I’ve been there. I’m Jennifer — DCIS patient, advocate, and author. Stage Zero doesn’t mean Zero Challenges.

I create resources to encourage and empower you through every step of this journey.

01/10/2026

Taking a moment to re-introduce myelf (seemed like an appropriate day to do so…)

If you’re new here, welcome! I’m Jennifer, and in 2019 I was diagnosed with DCIS, stage zero breast cancer at the age of 41. It was a shock, and I quickly learned that stage zero doesn’t mean zero challenges, especially after my MRI resulted in 3 more biopsies!!

After my lumpectomy and radiation, I realized I had a story to tell, and a passion for helping newly diagnosed women deal with breast cancer.

So, I wrote a book, created Encourage: Breast Cancer and Beyond to provide more in-depth support, and share here on social media as well as my blog.

I’m here to encourage you during and after breast cancer.

I’d love to know, what is one thing you’d share with a newly diagnosed woman to help her navigate through the early decision-making process?

30/09/2026

And, I’m going to schedule my joy, because it matters, especially in survivorship 💕

29/09/2026

Beneath the Roll Tides, the Dixieland Delight, the smiles, the hugs, and the loud cheering was something much deeper.

This game was seven years since my DCIS diagnosis. The anniversary hit me hard. So many emotions!!

When I was diagnosed, Dan was a freshman in high school, Ken was a junior, and we were swirling with anxiety, worry, and fear.

The next day was my 42nd birthday, but we weren’t thinking about cake, candles, and presents. Instead, we were thinking breast cancer and what the treatments would mean for me and our entire family life. We were wondering if we could get through it.

This year, I wanted to see one more football game while Dan is still a student at Alabama.

It’s been seven years since my diagnosis. And there were moments during the game when I wasn’t cheering.

I was holding back tears because I honestly never thought I could feel this happy, this joyful, and this full of hope.

If you’re in the middle of it right now, I’ve been there. Hope, joy, fun, and energy seem to disappear right at the moment of diagnosis.

As I cheered, I realized that I didn’t think it was possible to feel this happy again.

Yet I was.

Roll Tide 🏈

21/09/2026

What an amazing weekend we shared! I’m so grateful for the time, the women who came, and the connections we forged. To learn more about the CA Breast Cancer Support Group and support or join, please check out our IG!

15/09/2026

It's almost here! Can't wait to enjoy a meaningful weekend together at Camp Sacramento for our 3rd Annual retreat!

See you all soon 💕

01/09/2026

Excuse me while I get my list and ask all my questions.

29/08/2026

I felt exhausted, anxious, and depleted. There was no version of me that felt like I was strong during cancer treatment.

And yet, as I look back at the woman I was, going through it, her perseverance was there all the time. She kept going, doing the hard things, having the conversations she never wanted to have, getting biopsies, enduring radiation, and then coming home and hugging her kids.

She kept showing up.

If you're in the middle of breast cancer treatment right now, and all you can do is get through the next appointment and go right back to bed, that's enough.

22/08/2026

Those thoughts floated around in my head, and so much of me wanted them to help me feel better.

I was relieved I didn't need to have chemo, because the thought of it was terrifying. What shocked me was how hard the DCIS treatments were to go through.

I didn't expect the radiation fatigue to knock me out. I didn't expect that I wouldn't be able to sleep at night because of the anxiety.

The logical side of me kept trying to logic myself out of the feelings I was having. It didn't work.

If this is you, you're in the right place.

21/08/2026

I couldn't find the book I needed, so I wrote it.

When I was newly diagnosed I went looking for somebody who had had DCIS. What I found was written by doctors, or by women whose cancer was further along than mine. None of it sat with me in the part where I was frightened and being told how lucky I was.

A Breast Cancer Journey walks through it one step at a time. A reader shared with me last week to say she'd just bought it and it's helping her while she's in the middle of her own DCIS.

That’s exactly why I wrote it.💕

If you’re looking for DCIS support, learn more about the book here: https://jenniferadouglas.com/books/

20/08/2026

The laundry piles up, the dogs don't get walked, and the milk runs out.

This is the part of diagnosis that we don't talk about. Suddenly we can't do everything we've always done, and it happens while we're dealing with insurance calls, surgery decisions, and activity restrictions from treatment.

Home and family life doesn't stop for a diagnosis. And we can't rest and recover well in a house that's chaotic.

I was the COO of the home. I ran the systems and the school. That was my job. And I didn't have a replacement trained.

Dave took leave from work. Everyone pitched in and took over the things I usually did. What made it hard was that most of it lived only in my head.

I once wore myself out onboarding a new dog sitter. The beagles, the walking routine, the feeding schedule, and the fact that she had to check the gates after the gardeners came. That was one dog sitter for a few days. Now it was the whole house, and I was the one who needed to be resting.

I got it onto paper anyway. If I was going to heal, I had to stop carrying the mental load of everything and everyone else.

The list for cleaning up the kitchen after dinner is still taped inside the cabinet. The boys are in college now and nobody uses it. It stays there in case somebody needs to take it over.

If this is you, you're in the right place.

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Website

https://jenniferadouglas.com/

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