Mastectomy on Shine

User post: Do You Wonder What A Cancer Boob Really Looks Like After Surgery?

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I woke up in the hospital room. I was first aware of the darkness that filled the room so much I couldn't see a thing. I had realized I was alone, and in that moment I became instantly aware of the pain I felt in my chest. My first thought was, "OH MY G*D, WHAT DID I DO? I…

LIVING with cancer, NOT dying from it! Life after 3 different cancers

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The following has become a bit of a tradition. I wrote a letter to my online support group breast cancer sisters when I hit my one year cancer-versary. The next two years consisted of adding updates to the base letter. After battling my 3rd cancer, my "letter" is now a…

Do mastectomies affect your sex life?

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In the last two years, I have known too many women who've been diagnosed with breast cancer. Of course, one woman is too many, and the...

Hoax Email: A New Breast Cancer...

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Many women have received an email warning that a "new form of breast cancer" starts as a rash on a woman's breast, instead of showing up as a lump. According to the email, a young woman developed a rash, similar to that of young nursing mothers. The rash was treated with antibiotics,...

Farewell My Lovelies...

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Breast Cancer DIY is happy to announce a new addition to our Testimonial webpage: Farewell My Lovelies from Jessica Queller. She is the...

Recurrence Risk Low...

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...For Women Who Survive Breast Cancer Five Years After Treatment, Study Says Women who survive breast cancer for at least five years after treatment have an 89% chance that they will not have a recurrence of the cancer after 10 years and an 81% chance after 15 years, according to a study published...

What Are Clinical Trials?

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Breast Cancer Network of Strength has very good information on Clinical Trials here: http://www.networkofstrength.org/information/clinicaltrials/ctwhat.php Also, we offer Clinical Trials information here at BCDIY Resources & Links: http://www.breastcancerdiy.com/resourceslinks.htm#194220496

Young Women and Breast Cancer...

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Breast cancer rare but possible in young women At 28, Dina Melendez thought about adding a second child, not losing a breast. Don't worry, the doctor told her. Most lumps are nothing. Breast cancer, no. She was far too young. What the Buckingham woman quickly found out though is youth isn't...

Radiation and Breast Cancer News...

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Breakthrough: Scientists discover vital new link between radiation and breast cancer Low-dose radiation has helped scientists at Scottish university unravel susceptibility to breast cancer. In a breakthrough study, scientists at St Andrews University's Bute Medical School are investigating a...

New One Day Treatment...

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One-Day Breast Cancer Treatment Saves Lives in Less Time For many patients, a cancer diagnosis is no longer a fatal one. However, the comfort that a patient’s condition is treatable is often accompanied by dread of the grueling treatment that will be needed to save his or her life. But a new...