What You Need To Know: Your doctor is recommending radiation therapy as part of a comprehensive cancer treatment program. Typically, this treatment may include surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy....
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What You Need To Know: Your doctor is recommending radiation therapy as part of a comprehensive cancer treatment program. Typically, this treatment may include surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy....
Nearly every woman who has had breast surgery, whether it was a lumpectomy, mastectomy – sometimes even a biopsy – finds herself dealing with scar tissue or keloids after her wounds have healed. On a very...
New “Friends” Will Travel, Post-Mastectomy I started thinking about possible names while I was still recovering. I played with everything from Geneviève and Françoise, Laverne and Shirley,...
If you Google the name Pinterest, the definition that pops up states: Pinterest is a visual discovery tool that you can use to find ideas for all your projects and interests. Sounds innocuous enough huh?...
In her book, Adventures of a One-Breasted Woman: Reclaiming My Moxie After Cancer, author Susan Cummings shares what it feels like to stand in front of a mirror, staring at the “shiny, pinkish, flattened...
It used to be when you mentioned tattoos and breast cancer, you would be talking about the small “tattooed” dots many women have placed on their breasts prior to radiation. Well, the times they are indeed...
It can be sexy or simple, feminine or functional. It can enhance a cocktail dress and add ease to exercising. It’s both coveted and cursed. While some women splurge on them, others purchase them...
Jennifer Young is a UK-based skincare company that specializes in customized products, unique to each individual’s skincare needs. We asked the company’s founder, Jennifer, who has also created a line...
About six to eight weeks after breast surgery it will be time to see the post-mastectomy fitter. Women who have had a mastectomy should be able to wear a weighted breast prosthesis (breast form) at this...
Many women find that wearing a prosthesis is a comfortable and natural looking way to restore symmetry following a mastectomy. With proper care and maintenance, a prosthesis will provide years of service....