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posted 06/09/2008, comments (0)

Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer: Talking to My Kids, Part 1

Two things I have learned as a parent with cancer:   Keeping the lines of communication open, in a way that is appropriate for the age and personality of your child, is extremely important Kids are extremely resilient. When it comes to talking to kids about cancer, I do not believe that there is a ‘one size... Read moreChevron
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posted 05/06/2008, comments (2)

New - and surgery tomorrow 5/7

My husband discovered a lump three weeks ago, I immediately contacted my primary care MD, biopsies, ultrasounds , and exam done, and surgery is tomorrow.
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posted 04/25/2008, comments (3)

Got Through The Dbl Mastectomy

I got through it went in surgery about 1:00pm on 4-23 and out a little after 4pm. The good news is my nodes came back negative. Dr. was surprised with having 3 lumps in all. So i'm thankful about that. They only kept me 24hrs. I been doing ok, not to sore, very sleepy.
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posted 04/23/2008, comments (2)

The Party

A few weeks ago, I was invited to a party.  It wasn't a birthday party, or an anniversary party, or a graduation party.  It wasn't an engagement party,  a baby shower party, a congratulations-on-getting-your-book-published party, or a retirement party.  It wasn't the normal kind of occasion that inspires people to gather, with... Read moreChevron
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posted 04/19/2008, comments (33)

Mastectomy on Wednesday

Well I went to talk about a plan so I thought, with the Dr. yesterday. Soon as I got in the room he said well with you being so young and having the big lump in 1the right breast and 2 in the other there is no other way but to remove them both. I knew that might have been what he suggested, but I don't think I was ready to hear that. Then he told... Read moreChevron
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