by Marnie | Aug 27, 2012 | Biology of Belief, Breast Cancer and BRCA1, BRCA2, Breast Health Blog, Prophylactic Mastectomy |
Mastectomy scars Prophylactic Mastectomy, Thoughts Shared By A Cancer Coach In my last article, I promised to share some information about prophylactic mastectomy, which is the removal of a single breast or both breasts, disease-free, to reduce the risk of developing...
by Marnie | Aug 24, 2012 | Brachytherapy and IORT, Breast Cancer and Radiation, Essential Oil Benefits |
I recently discovered that there are two new-ish therapies available as breast cancer treatments that were not available when I had breast cancer in 2004, known as brachytherapy and intra-operative radiation therapy, or IORT. They are interesting, but do not come...
by Marnie | Aug 23, 2012 | All Those Questions, Anxiety, Coping, Decision Making, Fear of Death |
The Paralysis of Analysis When you are first diagnosed with any life-threatening disease, it is easy to be overwhelmed by all of the decisions you have to make. Sometimes you might make the conscious decision NOT to make any more decisions until you have more...
by Marnie | Aug 22, 2012 | Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Found a Breast Lump?, Types of Breast Cancer |
The Difference Between DCIS, LCIS, ILC, IBC, Paget’s Disease & Phyllodes Tumors Some of my subscribers have voiced a little confusion in past weeks over the various types of breast cancer and exactly how they differ, prompting me to write this article and...
by Marnie | Aug 21, 2012 | Breast Cancer Surgery, Latissimus Dorsi Flap Surgery |
Reduce Surgical Adhesions After Breast Reconstruction Surgery I had breast cancer in 2004, and I chose to have the latissimus dorsi flap breast reconstruction surgery following upon my lumpectomy surgery because my surgeon found it necessary to remove quite a large...
