by Marnie | Aug 31, 2012 | Breast Cancer Action, Breast Cancer and Beauty, Breast Cancer and BRCA1, BRCA2, Breast Cancer Diagnosis |
I would like to recommend that you support a breast cancer advocacy group called Breast Cancer Action, a national organization founded in 1990 by a group of women who understood that together we can effect much change. Breast Cancer Action was born (according to...
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 25, 2012 | Breast Cancer Surgery, Decision Making, Found a Breast Lump?, Mastectomy vs Lumpectomy |
While I was doing my research for yesterday’s article, I came across an article concerning needless mastectomy, a matter of which I was blissfully unaware. Today I’m sharing that with you because you need to know. Women are often enduring mastectomies for...
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...