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posted 05/09/2008, comment (1)

Acupuncture Reduces Tamoxifen-Induced Hot Flashes by Half

Knowing that acupuncture provides effective relief from hot flashes and other symptoms associated with menopause, Jill Hervik, a physiotherapist and acupuncturist, conducted a trial to see if the same relief could be achieved in breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen after surgery for estrogen-sensitive breast cancers. Tamoxifen causes some... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/13/2008, comments (3)

OUR STORY

6 YEARS AGO MY WIFE of 23 years ,CHERYL, FELT A LUMP ON HER BREAST AND THE JOURNEY BEGAN. WE JOURNEYED THROUGH A MASTECTOMY OF HER LEFT BREAST RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, METASTASIS TO THE BACK BONES OF HER LUMBAR AND THORACIC SPINE, RADIATION TREATMENTS TO THE THORACIC SPINE TO SHRINK THE TUMORS PUSHING ON HER SPINAL CORD CAUSING HER... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/19/2008, comment (1)

Running on The Cancer Failure Track

As I started saying last week, cancer has failure written all over it. More than other diseases, there's something about cancer that makes the patient feel like a complete and utter failure all the time. One of the hardest parts of getting through my experience with breast cancer was trying to assure myself that I wasn't failuring at... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/31/2007, comments (14)

It's My Birthday, Dammit! HOORAY, I'M STILL HERE!!!!!

On Christmas I turned... And you know what?I'm ecstatic I'm getting older. (Take that, Mr. “Does-our-looks-obsessed-culture- want-to-stare-at-an-aging-woman” Rush Limbaugh!)To be honest, yours truly here didn't always feel this way.I remember when I was in my 20s, a random woman stopped me on the... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/23/2007, comments (15)

Why I am Telling Keri's Breast Cancer Story

Introductions first. My name is Doug Haberstroh, and I am a breast cancer husband. I'm here to share the story of the love of my life, Keri. Let's start with the happy part. Three years ago, on June 12, 2004, Keri and I got married. It was by far the happiest day of my life. That day I took my beautiful Keri into my ... Read more Chevron

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