Breast Cancer - All People Who Are Living In "United States"

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Phyllis Johnson

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivor

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posted 11/08/2009, comments (0)

Two Years Out: How's Your Emotional Health

Once upon a time no one studied breast cancer survivors' emotional health. Not enough survived; both doctors and patients assumed survivors should be grateful and move on with their lives. Now that 89% of breast cancer patients live at least five years, researchers are starting to look at survival issues. In... Read more Chevron

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Michigoose

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1994 age 34; recurrence 1998 stage IV

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posted 11/05/2009, comments (3)

Trying to Look at things a bit differently, a tool to get through it

Getting through breast cancer is hard. It's scary. I tend to look at things in a little different way than most people do, and I think it helped me and it might just be a tool to add to your arsenal of weapons in this fight as well. After the tears, I sat back and realized that this was just another passage...a new page , or a... Read more Chevron

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Peglove

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Loving Wife, Teacher, Life-Long Learner, Traveler of the World

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posted 11/05/2009, comments (2)

Tomorrows the Day! Do Not Panic! (talking to myself...)

Hi Sisters, So I am not as ready as I was the last time I was supposed to have this surgery. I didn't do any laundry yet, but I did clean my house, grocery shop for my favorite foods, and chicken soup from Alexander's Deli. I have someone coming on Monday and Tuesday to visit. I was told by my surgeon that the lumpectomy... Read more Chevron

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Angi

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posted 10/27/2009, comments (4)

Getting Over Breast Cancer

Do you think it's possible to ever fully heal following a battle with Breast Cancer? Years ago I'm not sure I would have. But here I am, not even 5 years later feeling whole again. I'm not saying that I walked away from this fight unchanged, because I did. This journey has inexplicably changed me for both the better and the worse. Yet, I no... Read more Chevron

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Maimah Karmo

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posted 10/26/2009, comments (3)

Why We Need the EARLY Act

I was in my twenties when I began to take notice of all the breast cancer stuff that seemed to be everywhere at certain times of the year, and it was around this time that I began to be more conscious of the issue of breast cancer - of all the pink stuff and knowing that it was important to worry about it when you turned 40. Every time I heard of... Read more Chevron

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