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Jolene Boyd

Diagnosed at 36, lost mother to breast cancer

posted 01/06/2008, comments (9)

Living with my choices

Been a while since I posted anything...emotionally I was having a challenging time of it. In part, at least, because I am covering for an employee on maternity leave at work, I had to get ready for traveling and celebrations for the holidays, and I had to finish up a graduate course that I had fallen behind in because of all the appointments and... Read more Chevron

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Esther Kowalski

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Been Through It

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posted 01/04/2008, comment (1)

ANOTHER TRAUMATIC CHANGE IN MY LIFE

I JUST FINISHED UPDATING MY PROFILE. MY HUSBAND DIED AT THE AGE OF 67 AFTER SIX WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL. HE HAD BOWEL SURGERY AND DIED OF COMPLICATIONS FROM THE DIVERTICULITIS ON 12/14/2007. I THOUGHT GOING THROUGH BREAST CANCER WAS TRAUMATIC BUT WATCHING MY HUSBAND DIE WAS WORSE. HIS FUNERAL IS 1/8/2008. I KNOW I HAVE TO GET... Read more Chevron

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peaches

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Living With It

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posted 01/04/2008, comment (1)

Thank You All.

Hello again.I am so touched by all the warm and friendly notes i have received. Encouragement, hope, help..... Women shareing some of the most traumatic times in their life with me so that i don't loose hope. Well, i'm trying to hang in there in spite of more bumps in the road. I pray to God that how ever it turns... Read more Chevron

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peter peguero

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Interested

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posted 12/29/2007, comment (1)

new here

Hello I am a Nuclear Medicine technologist in Upstate New York and found this site and would just like to learn more about the "patients" perspective of dealing with the disease. My own level of contact is limited but have been involved directly for over 12 years with doing diagnostic imaging of breast Cancer patients and prostate Cancer... Read more Chevron

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Laura Zigman

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posted 12/28/2007, comment (1)

Hurdle #3: Getting Through the First Days at Home

Coming home from the hospital is a trip. And not just because it is, literally, a trip -- surviving the car ride (it's hard taking curves when you're ab-less), getting out of the car, getting up the stairs, getting into bed. It's a trip because as impossibly difficult as things seemed in the hospital, they seem even more... Read more Chevron

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