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Nipple-Sparing Reconstruction: Is This Innovative Surgery Safe?

Did you know that the mastectomy is an operation that’s hundreds of years old? Women were having mastectomies – breast removal – long before the advent of anesthesia, when the only thing a breast cancer sufferer could do was take a swig of brandy and bite down hard on her screams.Back then, surgery was a crude affair, the breast... Read moreChevron
posted 06/01/2011, comments (0)|
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Lymph Node Surgery for Breast Cancer: More Harm Than Good?

When you hear the words “You have cancer,” your life changes – instantly.All of a sudden, you’ve crossed a line: the “cancer divide.” You’ve joined the hundreds of thousands of Americans who are battling this wretched disease.Some of us live; some of us die. And all of us are marked by the experience for... Read moreChevron
posted 02/10/2011, comments (0)|
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PJ Hamel

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Guide to Treatment: Surgery, Chemo, Radiation, and Recurrence Prevention Drugs

Breast cancer isn’t so bad – it’s the treatment that’s tough!Many of us have had that thought as we’ve made our way through breast cancer treatment. Surgery, radiation, chemo, and long-term drugs all have their own challenges.   If you’ve chosen to treat your breast cancer, you can’t avoid the rough... Read moreChevron
posted 10/14/2010, comments (0)|
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Its surgery time, tips to cope ...please...:)

So, phase one of my treatment ie the clinical trial is nearing its end. The last shot of Herceptin will be on 03/19. Got an MRI on 03/10, there is a  1cm * 1cm * 0.7 cm mass left, but the report says there is marked structural and kinetic improvements. I am no radiologist, but that sounds like good news!!!! Meeting my oncologist on 03/19... Read moreChevron
posted 03/14/2010, comments (3)|
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Danger: Tall, Pale, Bald Woman Wielding Power Tools

A few days ago someone said something that shocked me. I wanted to use the leaf blower to do some much needed clean-up on the front porch and someone, trying to talk me out of it, called me “ill.”   Shocking. I was appalled. Why? Because I don’t feel ill.   I’m not even quite sure exactly what it means to... Read moreChevron
posted 03/04/2010, comments (14)|
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