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Laura Zigman

Laura Zigman, Health Guide

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Author of Piece of Work

Next Class: Plastic Surgery Tutorial

With Breast Cancer Comics by Dash Shaw    My next stop after Dr. Duggan was Dr. Yoon Chun, a highly-regarded plastic surgeon (referred to by several surgical nurses as ‘an artist') who couldn't be nicer or more lovely or more intensely intelligent and who spent almost two hours with me in her office explaining the... Read moreChevron
posted 11/12/2007, comments (0)|
PJ Hamel

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Author, breast cancer survivor

Life after Surviving Breast Cancer

Cancer research seems to be picking up speed, discoveries building upon one another and treatments changing ever more quickly as researchers come closer and closer to what we’re all waiting for: that elusive cure. At the same time, oncologists are realizing that their job isn’t completely done once their patients have gone through... Read moreChevron
posted 11/08/2007, comments (0)|
purplemoonmom

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Hey Sisters!

  I just changed my status on this site from "a person who is living with breast cancer" to "a person who has been through breast cancer".  And it feels wonderful to have done so.  This site was such a source of comfort for me when I was first diagnosed in Feb. and throughout my 4 rounds of chemo... Read moreChevron
koponen

Chemo#3 and Pink Wigs

Hi Everybody,I've talked with a lot of you but haven't written a journal entry in a bit!!My second round of chemo went very well. The doctor changed a few of the nausea meds around and I didn't get anywhere near as sick. Hopefully they've keyed in on what works for me!! Kytril is the anti nausea drug that works for me...they have... Read moreChevron
Laura Zigman

Laura Zigman, Health Guide

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Author of Piece of Work

Laura Zigman Meets Her Breast Surgeon and Becomes a Bobble-Head Toy

With Breast Cancer Comics by Dash Shaw  I was still under the impression that I had a pre-cancerous non-cancerous type of cancer that wasn't really cancer when I met with the head surgeon at the Sagoff Breast Center at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston.  Dr. Margaret Duggan - a tall, fiercely intelligent, completely... Read moreChevron
posted 11/05/2007, comments (0)|

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