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sue dyer

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posted 11/26/2008, comments (2)

It helps to be a Pollyanna

Remember Pollyanna and her "glad game"? I'm playing this so often since my diagnosis that one of my friends has suggested that my wig should be blonde with plaits tied with pink gingham ribbons! I'm glad that I had what we thought was mastitis as it meant that my cancer was discovered in time. I'm glad that I'm seeing two... Read more Chevron

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Poteet

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posted 11/07/2008, comments (2)

Sweaty bras

Hello all and I sincerely hope you are doing as well as can be... I keep coming back to it ain't the big things that "get" to me with this disease and its side effects, it's the little ones. We held our fall Board of Directors meeting earlier this week. Keep in mind the group is marvelous, wonderful and extraordinarily... Read more Chevron

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I am a 7 year survivor and breast health nurse navigator

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posted 10/30/2008, comment (1)

An emotional rollercoaster!

So many women (me included) are amazed at the emotional rollercoaster called breast cancer. There is a wonderful drama by Nicole Johnson called "Stepping into the Ring". She states that having breast cancer is like going to bed and waking up in the ring against the heavy weight champion of the world. You are in your pajamas and... Read more Chevron

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csurvivor06

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posted 10/21/2008, comments (3)

1 1/2 years later

Well I thought that after a year and a half after the bilateral mastectomies and chemo I would not have to worry about anything but to watch out for more cancer returning but I was wrong. I just recently learned that when I had my chemotherapy that the chemo has caused some nerve damage and I am now in constant pain from this. I was... Read more Chevron

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Melanie

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posted 10/17/2008, comments (3)

One down... only 23 more to go!

One down... only 23 to go! Last week was "ICK" week... Monday. Accomplish in one day what normally takes two in order to take the rest of the week off for Ick. Medical bills wait for no man so keep on plugging along. Tuesday. After filling out five pages of medical forms, I had my suspiciously sensitive... Read more Chevron

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