0 Breast Cancer | Stage Levels

Breast cancer is staged in four different levels from 0 to 4. Level zero usually is non – invasive and cancer cells are in the same locatio...

0 Breast Cancer Brief

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women. Generally, cancer is defined as cells in the body that change, grow an...

0 Information on IBC....You Can Never Get Enough

When a Red Breast Means Cancer by Patrick Maguire MD Possibilities There are several reasons why a person can develop acute (fairly sudden o...

0 When Cancer Hits Home

When Cancer Hits Home by Dr. Patrick Maguire is a perfect read for anyone who is scared of getting cancer or is dealing with family or frie...

0 IBC Survivorship....It's a Good Thing

Here is a blog I thought you would like to read and add to your favorites..... Elizabeth is another IBC survivor!!! She is a great writer an...

0 Still Kicking Cancer in the Butt

It has been awhile since our last post....things have been crazy in our world and although that is not an excuse for dropping the ball....we...

0 Breast Cancer Awareness Month - And I Have a Rant...

Why does everyone think that just because I survived breast cancer, I can do just about anything? “My goodness, you have overcome so many ot...

0 Gaga for Tatas...In Honor of Selena

Enjoy this video......October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this is perfect to get everyone's attention!!! Thanks to 2010 Komen P...

0 my cancer saved my mom's life, even though it almost killed her!

My cancer saved my mom’s life, even though it almost killed her. That’s how she feels, anyway. She does, however, have a valid point. She wa...

0 September 20, 2009: PET scan led to diagnosis of hypothyroidism - or - yay, another disease!

Four weeks ago I had a PET/CT scan done. It was ordered by my radiation oncologist, standard procedure at the end of treatment. A PET scan, ...

0 September 2009: finally had my oopherectomy - hellooo hot flashes!

Finally had my oopherectomy. My ovaries and tubes are gone. My risk of getting ovarian cancer now is greatly decreased. The surgery and reco...

0 August 2009: radiation therapy and shingles

I should never have had radiation. Toward the end of my chemotherapy, I went to see a radiation oncologist for an initial consultation. We d...

0 February 2009: my bilateral mastectomy and tram flap breast reconstruction

Eight months after diagnosis and five weeks after finishing chemotherapy, I underwent a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy with immediate TRA...

0 October 2008: chemotherapy side effects - weight gain?!? things the doctors don't tell you about...

I always thought – thanks to TV and movies – that people going through chemotherapy lose weight. Well, when I started to gain weight after s...

0 August 2008: breast cancer treatment plan and start chemotherapy

Okay, moved to Florida and getting settled in. Saw my new oncologist and the plan is a 3-drug program: start with two, A & C – Adriamyci...

0 late July, 2008: genetic test results & statistics

Two weeks after the lumpectomy surgery, I went in to see the genetic counselor for my test results. She told me that my blood test came back...

0 July 10, 2008: post lumpectomy surgery

Lumpectomy surgery was 3 days ago. It went well, I guess. Coming out of the anesthesia wasn’t fun. I was so dizzy and just felt like passing...