My post the other day about how it seems women can't win when it comes to deciding on a treatment plan - that we're essentially "failing" at this very early stage of our unplanned journey through Cancerland because we either pick surgery that is overkill (mastectomies over lumpectomies) or underkill (lumpectomies over... Read more
I read with great interest yesterday's front page Washington Post article about the increase in women opting for double mastectomies when lumpectomies might suffice. And I'm writing this post because I am one of those women who made a similar choice -- to have a double mastectomy when a single mastectomy may have sufficed and because there... Read more
Everyone has their own special thing that gets them through their surgical recovery. For some people it's God. And family. And friends. For other's it's the Food Channel. And a stack of "People" magazines. Despite the fact that I'm not big on organized religion, it was all of those things for me. Plus one more... Read more
And so you're home. It's two weeks after surgery. You've gotten through the worst of it -- the drains, the constipation, the pain management, the shock. Your husband or primary caregiver has gone back to work; you're home alone, and now you're just killing time, watching a lot of television, waiting for your body to knit... Read more
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95 yr old woman was just told she needs to have mastectomy as outpatient! How is this possible? 95!?
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