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It's A Girl!

On February 14th, I gave birth to a healthy baby girl. (I was originally asked to terminate this pregnancy.) I can't tell you how happy we were and how blessed that we felt to see her come into this world with out any major drama.  There were no birth complications and I carried full term. My due date was 2/15. I just wanted to let everyone... Read moreChevron
posted 03/25/2009, comments (10)|
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

Data presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium show that basically all women with HER2+ breast cancers benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy/Herceptin due to their worse prognosis. In my mind, however, there is no more controversial area in breast cancer than in which patients truly benefit from receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, among women... Read moreChevron
posted 03/18/2009, comments (4)|
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I'm a Mother, Grandmother, Wife, Friend and HR professional.
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Breast Cancer Sucks!

I'm angry and frustrated. I was diagnosed in November 2008 with ductal breast cancer. We thought I would just have the partial mastectomy, be off 4 weeks and then go back to work. Surprise!! Breast cancer is running my life. I'm waiting for doctors, scheduling a double mastectomy and trying to keep myself positive. I miss working every day. I'm a... Read moreChevron
posted 01/05/2009, comments (8)|
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My wife Dianne diagnosed with lobular breast cancer.
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TAC VERSUS TC CHEMOTHERAPY?

TAC VERSUS TC CHEMOTHERAPY? My wife had a lumpectomy on Nov 21 to remove a tumor on her left breast [1.7cm] which was lobular carcinoma and the breast surgeon received clear margins around the tumor. However, the pathology report showed 1 of 3 sentinel nodes were positive and on Dec 8 I had an axillary dissection examined 10 nodes which are... Read moreChevron
posted 01/03/2009, comments (24)|
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Dense Fibrous tissue and "normal" mammograms - you can still have cancer!!!

I am 61 years old and have had at least 30+ "normal" mammograms. In factin Jan. I had a "normal" mammogram and ultrasound. BUT, I knewsomething was wrong because I had dimpling and an inverted nipple in onebreast. I had pain in both breasts, and I had heard that breast cancerwas not painful so I wasn't worried. Boy, was I wrong!Because of the... Read moreChevron
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