Tuesday, February 14, 2012

All People Who Are Interested In "breast cancer"

Expert_badge PJ Hamel

PJ Hamel

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Author, breast cancer survivor

A Valentine to Cancer

Ah, February 14 – day of love and romance… chocolate and flowers… candy and… radiation?Ten years ago tomorrow, Valentine’s Day, I had my last radiation treatment for breast cancer. Arms overhead, my naked body was exposed to both the chilly air of the radiation suite and the silent rays of the X-ray machine. As... Read moreChevron
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Phyllis Johnson

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer Survivor

Susan Niebur and Her Indelible Marks

The members of the on-line support groups I belong to are in mourning.  Susan Niebur-- physicist, mother, wife, and writer-has died of inflammatory breast cancer almost five years after her diagnosis. Susan's cheerful smile is beloved by everyone who has been reading her blog Toddler Planet and following her journey as a mother and a cancer... Read moreChevron
posted 02/07/2012, comments (0)|
Chemo Barbie

Chemo Barbie

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"Going through the speed bump of cancer in my life..."

Chemo Barbie

    Lisa Kinney - Survivor Lisa KinneyUnlike many survivors, Lisa knew about Michelle's Place long before she was diagnosed because her mother Linda Hicks had already been volunteering for six years.  Together Lisa and her mother had worked fundraisers including the Spring Fling and summer fashion show. When Lisa found a... Read moreChevron
posted 01/13/2012, comments (0)|
Babygirl

Botched tram flap surgery

  In July 2010 I had a tram flap surgery to reconstruct after a mastectomy, after the 15 plus hour surgery I began having problems about a month later in September 2010 I found out that I had co5tracted a bacteria called micro bacterium which turned into an infection but no one knows how I got it. I had surgery again in October 2010 to clean... Read moreChevron
Peglove

Peglove

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

Mastectomy over Lumpectomy Does not mean Zero % Chance of Breast Cancer

Today on Dr. Drew they had a panel of doctors talking about Guiliana Rancic's choice to get a double mastectomy to avoid "looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life". It is also on the heels of Wanda Sikes, the  Black comedian having the same procedure for her micro-cancer, or stage zero breast cancer, for the same reason; she did not... Read moreChevron