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    How to Survive Breast Reconstruction

    Hi, my name is Angi.  For those of you that don't know me, I'm the one PJ refers to as the Reconstruction expert.  I'd hardly say that I am an expert, though I have been around the block a few times.  I'm currently 35 and a two time breast cancer survivor.  Since finding my lump I have undergone a total of 9 different... Read moreChevron
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    posted 04/01/2008, comments (0)

    My Friend Wendy -- An Amazing Support After My Nipple Reconstruction Surgery

    Everyone should have a Wendy. My Wendy -- Wendy Hurwitz -- is one of those amazing friends who is pathologically helpful. But in a good way. Always there for the emergency school pick-up and playdate (luckily we have boys the same age at the same school, which is how we met). Always there with the information about the field trip you forgot... Read moreChevron
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    posted 02/06/2008, comments (12)

    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 moreChevron
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    posted 02/05/2008, comments (2)

    On Choosing Radical Cancer Surgery (Elective Double Mastectomy in Today's Washington Post)

    An article in today's Washington Post, "Choosing Radical Cancer Surgery," focuses on the increasing predilection of women with breast cancer to have a mastectomy, rather than a lumpectomy; or a double mastectomy, rather than a single. This opting for more invasive, radical surgery, when health-care professionals are recommending far less surgery,... Read moreChevron
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    More Women Opting for Double Mastectomy: Is It Justified?

    A new study published this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology online reports that the number of women opting for double mastectomies (when a single mastectomy was indicated) more than doubled between 1998 and 2003, from 4.2% to 11%. In addition, the number of women having double mastectomies when a lumpectomy was the indicated treatment rose... Read moreChevron
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