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A Valentine to Cancer

Ah, February 14 – day of love and romance… chocolate and flowers… candy and… radiation?Ten years ago tomorrow, Valentine’s Day, I had my last radiation treatment for breast cancer. Arms overhead, my naked body was exposed to both the chilly air of the radiation suite and the silent rays of the X-ray machine. As... Read moreChevron
posted 02/13/2012, comments (6)|
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Susan Niebur and Her Indelible Marks

The members of the on-line support groups I belong to are in mourning.  Susan Niebur-- physicist, mother, wife, and writer-has died of inflammatory breast cancer almost five years after her diagnosis. Susan's cheerful smile is beloved by everyone who has been reading her blog Toddler Planet and following her journey as a mother and a cancer... Read moreChevron
posted 02/07/2012, comments (0)|
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2 years ago this site and the people on it helped me to help my friend tremendously, I never came back to thank you so I'd like to now THANK YOU!!! I am now referring another friend here, unfortunately, and hope it helps her as much as you helped me. just sorry I didn't come back before to say thanks :) the reason I was here in the 1st... Read moreChevron
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Breast Cancer in Women Over 70: Strategies for Deciding on Treatment

The vast majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer are older; only 5% of breast cancer cases occur in women under age 40, while fully one-third of all breast cancers are diagnosed in women 70 or older. If you’re at least 70 years old, your chance of developing breast cancer in the next 20 years is about 1 in 26; yet most research around... Read moreChevron
posted 02/01/2012, comments (2)|
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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivor
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CT Scans: Getting a Good Picture

When you going through the diagnostic process for breast cancer, you soon get acquainted with a host of medical machinery—mammograms,  ultrasounds, maybe a breast MRI.  If it turns out that you do have breast cancer, your doctor may order some more tests to see if the cancer has metastasized to other parts of your body.  These... Read moreChevron
posted 01/28/2012, comments (2)|
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