Breast Cancer - People Who Have Been Through Breast Cancer

Jolene Boyd

Diagnosed at 36, lost mother to breast cancer

posted 09/12/2008, comment (1)

Has anyone heard of research related to DCA??

Hi there! Been a while since I posted--just up to "normal" life...whatever that is! Recently passed my one year anniversary of diagnosis. I had a physical and my first mammogram since surgery--everything came back "clean"...but now I find myself thinking "so what did they miss??" I guess that's my new... Read more Chevron

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Gailbaby

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posted 09/12/2008, comments (2)

Reconstruction after breast cancer with tissue expanders

I had a bilateral mastectomy on May 15th, 2008. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in my left breast. It was caught early and was small. One surgeon wanted to do a lumpectomy, which meant I would have to have chemo and radiation. I did not want that. I opted for the double mastectomy and reconstruction because I have had 4 scares with... Read more Chevron

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Fran Visco

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posted 09/15/2008, comments (2)

Dispatch From the Campaign Trail: More Funding for Better Cancer Research

Now that the political conventions are behind us, we're starting to hear what each of the candidates would do as president. Funding for cancer research is one of those areas we're hearing about. McCain and Obama disagree about plenty when it comes to health care, but they do agree on one thing: dramatically increasing the funding for... Read more Chevron

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Judith Rosenthal Schwartz

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posted 08/21/2008, comments (3)

Long-term side effects of chemo with Taxol

For the last year-and-a-half I've been really suffering with painful feet. Now I'm not the sort of person to run to the doctor every time I sneeze, so I tried to figure it out myself. I tried orthotic-like supports: nothing. I tried 800 mg. of ibuprofen: nothing. In April I took my son on a college road trip to... Read more Chevron

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Jennie Nash

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posted 08/08/2008, comments (2)

A story about celebrating wellness milestones

October is coming, and for me and hundreds of thousands of women who dutifully went for mammograms during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, that means that the anniversary of our diagnosis is coming up, too. Even if you're still in the throes of treatment, I think it's important to celebrate being alive. Whether you do that by saying a silent prayer... Read more Chevron

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