Information and opinions on Breast Cancer from Michigoose at MyBreastCancerNetwork.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241/93720/differently Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:47:31 -0500 Michigoose Getting through breast cancer is hard.  It's scary.  I tend to look at things in a little different way than most people do, and I think it helped me and it might just be a tool to add to your arsenal of weapons in this fight as well.   After the tears, I sat back and realized that this was just another passage...a new page , or a path which I hadn't traveled before.  It was...an adventure!  There was a little bit of... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241/93720/differently http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241/80257/dissection Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:48:35 -0400 Michigoose Yesterday, I was stunned to discover that a spider (I assume) bit me on the back side of my arm pit.   I only happend to catch a glance of the red, angry welt which is about 1 1/4" long and quite raised as I was getting ready to go to bed and had walked past a mirror.    I was horrified that this was so big and I wasn't aware of it.  Why? Because of my axillary dissection, my tricep and the area on my side hasn't any... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241/80257/dissection http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241/79434/exploring Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:49:44 -0400 Michigoose Having cancer is an eye-opening experience, it is also somewhat personal one in that there are many choices which must be made that only we, the person in treatment, can make.  What is right for one person, may not be right for another.   For instance, I chose not to have reconstruction surgery.  Others have.  I just couldn't face the additional surgeries.  So, while my friend Kathy had reconstruction and it was the... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241/79434/exploring http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241/78079/healing Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:27:10 -0400 Michigoose I am a quilter and when I was diagnosed with a recurrence of Breast Cancer (then Stage IV), my friends made me a surprise healing quilt.  The quilt was made of blocks upon which my friends and family had written notes to me.  This quilt was really useful when I was getting chemotherapy as the infusions made me cold! I took it with me to the treatment room and it helped keep me warm both from knowing the love that these people had for... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241/78079/healing http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241/62320/iv-survivor Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:02:36 -0400 Michigoose I've been living with breast cancer for 12 years after diagnosis with stage IV breast cancer, and for 15 years after first diagnosis.    When I was first diagnosed, I wanted to know people who had survived for a long time...and that was more so when I was diagnosed with stage IV.    Sometimes sharing with other long term survivors, especially with a stage IV diagnosis is difficult depending on where you live.  I... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/508241/62320/iv-survivor