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Laura Zigman

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posted 12/17/2007, comment (1)

Hurdle #1: Getting Out of Bed For The First Time

Not to keep bragging, but my 12 hour surgery that had ended late Thursday night was so long that the nurses actually gave me a pass on getting out of bed the next day and let me "relax" with my patient-controlled morphine drip until Sunday. Anyone who has ever had surgery knows that there's almost no way to get the... Read more Chevron

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Valerie

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posted 12/10/2007, comment (1)

Supporting family members fighting breast cancer

My grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer in February of 2006. It was a shock to our entire family, and I am sure to my grandmother as well. Let me first say that I have always viewed my grandmother as the strongest woman I have ever met. She went through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. She is a breast cancer... Read more Chevron

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Doug Haberstroh

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posted 12/10/2007, comments (0)

Keri's Metastatic Breast Cancer Story: Here We Go Again

My name is Doug Haberstroh, and this is the story of my wife Keri. Keri was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 at the age of 25. After the cancer spread to Keri's sacrum, the doctors treated the area with radiation. It wasn't enough. The title of Keri's email to our loved ones says it all, "Here we go again." Just... Read more Chevron

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Laura Zigman

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posted 12/10/2007, comments (17)

Bilateral Mastectomy + Sentinel Node Removal + Reconstruction + Tummy Tuck: First Thoughts, Post-Op.

Despite the tag-teaming of breast surgeons and plastic surgeons, and despite the fact that there were no surgical complications, my surgery took 12 hours - 12 hours of anesthesia and lying on the table and keeping my family and friends waiting to hear it was over and that I was fine. Of course, when you're the patient you have no idea... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/06/2007, comments (2)

the last phase of my treatment

Since my last sharepost a lot has happened. after the 12 rounds of herceptin and taxol, which i had very good response to, i moved on to FEC every 3 weeks for 3 months. that went well also. no serious side effects i am happy to say. i had surgery October 31st to remove more tissue and nodes and to further clean a margin line. i also had the... Read more Chevron

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