Information and opinions on health from Lavender at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/5098/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/5098/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/5098/index http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5098/22855/learning Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:23:00 -0400 Lavender Despite all my research, despite reading the wonderfully informative and often entertaining posts from the women on this site, I still couldn't have predicted how I would react to my breast cancer surgery and chemotherapy. I learned more about myself through this experience than any other. Since my last post, I have had a lumpectomy, a mastectomy and breast reconstruction using the latissimus dorsi flap method. I have had 7 cycles of... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5098/22855/learning http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5098/12817/breast Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:23:00 -0400 Lavender After learning that I had breast cancer, I started a blog called, "My Breast is Best". That was before I discovered that I would have to lose it. I feel like I have been on treadmill since returing home from Europe to have a routine mammogram and have seen dozens of doctors, had countless fingers prod my breast, had the poor thing squeezed in every possible direction and poked with unbearably long needles, wires and tubes. Enough. And... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5098/12817/breast