Breast cancer can hurt your soul as well as your body. Enjoy these healing moments, posts from our archives for your mind and heart.Strength Of The Sisterhood Breast cancer is a war, treatment its many battles. “I’ve got your back” is the mantra of our sisterhood of survivors.The Comeback Kid And Beating CancerLiving with,... Read more
Have you ever broken a bone?The treatment’s fairly simple. You go to the hospital. Have an X-ray. Get the break set, have a cast put on, go home. There’s not a single decision you have to make along the way.But get breast cancer, and what’s the first thing that happens? The surgeon asks you to make a decision: lumpectomy, or... Read more
You had a “bad” mammogram. You thought, OK, it’s probably nothing, even though they want me to have a biopsy.You had a biopsy, and waited for the results. You thought, lots of people have breast lumps, and they always turn out to be nothing.Then you got the call. And heard the words.You have breast cancer.That was a few days ago.... Read more
Sen. Ted Kennedy was buried today.
And we cancer survivors, those of us who daily battle the long-lasting effects of this vicious disease, have lost our champion.
I use the word champion here as a verb, as in someone who champions a cause. Because if ever the issue of health care for all Americans had a champion, it was Ted Kennedy –... Read more
Q. I’ve decided to have breast reconstruction after my mastectomy, and I’d like to do one of those reconstructions where they use your own body tissue, rather than have an implant. Since the surgeon will be using my body tissue, will my new breast be just like my original one?A. Autologous (or body tissue) reconstruction uses your own... Read more
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