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Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy: Surprising New Findings

“I want to be around to see my kids grow up. I want the most aggressive treatment possible. Never mind the lumpectomy – take it all off.”As moderator on this site for the past 5 years, I’ve read words like these, from women making surgery decisions, over and over again. When you hear the words “breast cancer,”... Read moreChevron
posted 01/11/2011, comments (3)|
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Everyone's Staring At My Chest

I’ve noticed something strange lately. Everyone’s staring at my chest.   It’s not that I’m particularly well endowed, or that I wear those super low v-neck Tshirts hawked by Abercrombie & Fitch.   No. It’s because something is missing…and people know it.   Three months ago, in early... Read moreChevron
posted 02/25/2010, comments (4)|
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Meeting new people with BC

  So I actually met a real life person from the BCN! Her name is Peggie (pegLove), she's always posting and keeping us up-to-date on here with her wonderful blogs. I had the opportunity to go visit her while she was recovering from her lumpectomy.   As most of you know anesthesia can to uh... do bad things to the innards. Having had 3... Read moreChevron
posted 11/18/2009, comments (2)|
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lumpectomy recovery day 4!

Hello Friends,   I am still mending, hurts like hell, and it aint over...so, I am going to continue to blog about the recovery, and radiation, what tamoxifen is like, scars? no scars?    but i only have my index finger on my left arm helping me to type right now.   so i will write more later.   there is serious... Read moreChevron
posted 11/12/2009, comments (3)|
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Lumpectomy Success!

Hello Sisters,   with one hand, i will tell you the short version....lump went well! my surgeon was confident they got clean margins around it. She took out the sentinel node and the next one up, and they looked clean too, but no 100% until the path lab comes back with the report on Friday.    But it looks really good. The docs... Read moreChevron
posted 11/09/2009, comments (4)|
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