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amyhealth

posted 11/04/2009, comment (1)

Young women and breast health -- support the EARLY Act

I am happy to see the community debating the EARLY Act on this site. Approximately 36,000 new breast cancer cases are diagnosed in US women under the age of 50 each year -- more than the total number of cervical and ovarian cancers diagnosed annually. Even still, too many young women are told not to worry about breast cancer. The EARLY Act... Read more Chevron

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Peglove

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posted 09/27/2009, comments (6)

Radiologists and Physicists, My new best friends!

Hi All, So now I am really learning about waiting...just more waiting, but I am very confident that all will be fine. Today I met with the radiology oncologist(Dr. Williamson, lady) and she told me more than I ever wanted to know about radiation. So they have all this new cool stuff to radiate your tumor and not your lungs or your... Read more Chevron

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I am a 25 year old married mother of 3. I was diagnosed 8/14/09.

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posted 08/17/2009, comments (5)

Monday, August 17th, 2009

I got the phone call at about 6:30 on Friday night. "Surprisingly, we found some cancer." I went over those words over and over in my head. Some? So, like, not a lot? I never asked any questions. I said okay a few times and I think I thanked him...don't remember... I was at my sister's house with the kids. She was so strong for me. My... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/25/2008, comment (1)

OUR STORY 5

On 11/11/08 I sat next to my wife while in a hospital bed at Moses Taylor hospital and I thanked the Lord for the great years we had together. We are a normal couple. We were born into a world of sin and sickness learned life's lessons and felt the sting of living in a fallen world enough to drive us to our Lord. He then directed our lives to... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/30/2008, comments (3)

Living With Metastasis: My Story's Not Over... Keep In Touch

This year, I made it one of my personal missions to reach more women through my writing. I wanted to get the message out that more of us are living longer and living well with metastatic breast cancer. Before 2006, I didn’t even know what the word “metastatic” meant. By the end of that year, it was a word that terrified... Read more Chevron

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