Information and opinions on Breast Cancer from rdksn 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/8643 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/8643/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/8643 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/8643/7879/black-ice Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:49:01 -0400 rdksn 2/26/2007How many times in your mind have you envisioned things one way and reality was something else?  Totally different?  For me, that was my second surgery for breast cancer---my ‘nipplectomy’.  In my mind, my partial mastectomy was just to remove the nipple, build up the remaining area of the areola and make a new, though fake, nipple.  Reality was still a partial mastectomy by removing the nipple, but the rest was... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/8643/7879/black-ice http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/8643/7878/stronger Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:17:00 -0400 rdksn February 22, 2007    There comes a day or moment in time when something happens to us that changes our lives forever. Some call it being blind sided, others call it being hit head on by a train. I liken my life changing moment as driving down a highway and hitting a hairpin turn that was unmarked, unlit, without off ramps or rest stops, the high beams of my car being of no help. I was literally driving into the... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/8643/7878/stronger