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Angi

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posted 04/09/2008, comments (4)

Can you undergo Radiation & Breast Reconstruction at the same time?

I'm still waiting and waiting to find an oncologist I like, get in with a radiation oncologist, and see a surgical oncologist - so I don't know anything other than I currently have have been diagnosed with Recurrent Breast Cancer - my plast surgeon found the tumor while placing bigger tissue expanders in my chest (I've had a double... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/07/2008, comments (3)

husbands in cancer battle with wives

men needing to share concerns and stresses in dealing with wives' cancer worried and need a friend who's dealing with the same types of issues? you are welcome to share in confidentiality.

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posted 04/05/2008, comments (3)

Reactions to Pretty Is What Changes: Save Your Shock and Horror for Cancer, Not Its Treatment

Jessica Queller’s new book, Pretty is What Changes, inspired posts on this site by both me and my fellow blogger, Laura Zigman. Queller writes about undergoing genetic testing that revealed she carries the BRCA gene, which put her at a nearly 90% risk of getting breast cancer. She chose to lower that risk dramatically by having a... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/02/2008, comments (2)

Choosing Double Mastectomy Before You Even Have Cancer

A few weeks ago my friend who is the publisher of a new division of Random House sent me an amazing book she's publishing: PRETTY IS WHAT CHANGES: Impossible Choices, the Breast Cancer Gene, and How I Defied my Destiny by Jessica Queller. I opened the book and took a quick look at it, thinking I'd put it aside until I... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/02/2008, comments (0)

Pretty is What Changes - Jessica Queller's Decision to Have a Prophylactic Double Mastectomy

Early yesterday morning, I got an email from one of the heads of my company (big, burly guy) saying I had to listen to this radio broadcast about breast cancer and young women. It's the NPR interview of Jessica Queller, the author of Pretty is What Changes, a book that came out yesterday and chronicles Jessica's decision to have a... Read more Chevron

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