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Park Ranger

posted 02/27/2008, comments (7)

"So You Say I Have Cancer?"

Those were the words I repeated to my doctor on June 21, 2007. "Tumors in my spine? How could that be? I'm only 44. I have an 8 year-old daughter and a loving husband. How do I tell my husband that the pain in my back was caused by tumors? Am I going to die? Should I be worried? Do I plan my funeral? Or do I live? I choose to live... Read more Chevron

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Natalia Hernandez

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posted 02/25/2008, comments (36)

Stuffing My Bra with My Brother's Sock: After My Mastectomy at Age 27

So it has been a few weeks since my mastectomy and I'm starting to feel a little better. I have finally accepted seeing myself without my breast, its pretty weird at first. I actually felt like I didn't want to go anywhere until I get my reconstruction. I have to have 6 weeks of radiation and a wait of 6 months ... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/22/2008, comments (6)

The return of hair

Hi all - I have finished treatment, but I just can't stay away from this place. Well, it has happened. I have a tiny little fuzz on the top of my head! Hippity-hoppity hair is on its way! That assumes I don't rub it all off checking it every thirty seconds. Never mind that it appears to be almost totally... Read more Chevron

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Laura Zigman

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posted 02/08/2008, comments (2)

Failure is a Relative Term

My post the other day about how it seems women can't win when it comes to deciding on a treatment plan - that we're essentially "failing" at this very early stage of our unplanned journey through Cancerland because we either pick surgery that is overkill (mastectomies over lumpectomies) or underkill (lumpectomies over... Read more Chevron

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Laura Zigman

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posted 02/06/2008, comments (11)

Failing As Usual: Double Mastectomies and "Choices" In Breast Cancer Treatment

I read with great interest yesterday's front page Washington Post article about the increase in women opting for double mastectomies when lumpectomies might suffice. And I'm writing this post because I am one of those women who made a similar choice -- to have a double mastectomy when a single mastectomy may have sufficed and because there... Read more Chevron

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