Breast Cancer - People Who Have Been Through Breast Cancer

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PJ Hamel

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posted 11/03/2009, comments (5)

Fast FAQS: Radiation

Q. I’ve been diagnosed with DCIS, and after my lumpectomy I’ll be having radiation. What does radiation do, exactly?A. Radiation therapy, in a nutshell, is the use of x-rays to destroy cancer cells. Its delivery is directed by a radiation oncologist. (A radiologist, on the other hand, is a doctor who specializes in diagnosing disease... Read more Chevron

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Phyllis Johnson

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posted 11/01/2009, comments (0)

Grief Stages and Cancer: Part Two

Once the shock wears off, cancer patients may experience a huge range of emotions: denial, anger, bargaining, guilt, and depression. Most people eventually reach acceptance of the changes cancer has brought to their life, but it may take a while to get there. What makes this emotional stew even more complicated is dealing... 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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posted 10/09/2009, comment (1)

my story of breast cancer

I have suffered breast cancer at my youth, 20-year-old. At first I had severe pains in one of my breasts, and there was also a some-what large and hard lump in the same one. However my other breast seemed perfectly normal. I don't know if this had anything to even do with it.I went to the doctor, I would like to know what this meaned, and if it... Read more Chevron

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