People Who Are Friend/Family
My Mother's Final Journey
Some of you are aware i have written previous Shareposts in the HealthCentral community on the journey my mother experienced during her battle with breast cancer. Below is my latest posting that summarizes my mother's final days and weeks with us. This is all part of my effort to share my experience as the daughter of an incredibly... Read more
posted 08/10/2009, comments (6)|
Workshop for 20-35 year olds in Washington, DC
Today, one in eight American women are diagnosed with breast cancer. The National Breast Cancer Coalition believes you can help change those statistics for your generation. We invite you to join the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s new Emerging Leaders program to eradicate breast cancer and to attend its inaugural... Read more
posted 07/27/2009, comments (0)|
Anemia w/ IBC
My mother was diganosed w/ IBC about 3 months ago. she is Anemic and is ony receiveing the shots to build up her red blood cells(?). She is afraid the cluster is getting bigger and now the doc is worried. She will be getting the breast removed and alot of the skin under her arm. Any words of incouragement?
posted 07/18/2009, comment (1)|
Marching
Hello, Folks...My grandmother had one of the first radical mastectomies, in 1937. in Des Moines, by a doctor who studied with the Mayo brothers, in Rochester Minnesota. He removed her left breast. She never had a recurrence, and lived to be 66 years old. She passed away from unrelated illness. I am so pleased to see that we are making... Read more
posted 07/05/2009, comments (10)|
