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The Breast Cancer Blog
Your Body Image After Breast Cancer Can Change — For The Better! These Women Show Us Their Newfound ConfidenceGoing through a mastectomy can skew your sense of self. After all, breasts are a major part of our femininity — but that doesn’t mean they define you. You can regain confidence in your body and your sense of self after breast cancer surgery. Each woman’s journey to acceptance is different, and each woman’s ultimate […]
Do You Know How Chemotherapy Is Going To Affect Your Day-To-Day Activities?Concerned about what your daily life will look like during chemotherapy treatments? Dr. David Margileth says fatigue is the biggest variable. This can occur throughout the entire treatment, or only around the days of treatments. Some women experience no fatigue at all. Regardless, he encourages people going through chemo to continue to stay active. Watch […]
Fight The Battle That’s In Front Of You — Great Advice From Robin Roberts!Robin Roberts battled breast cancer in 2007, and finished up treatments in 2008. Then, years after beating the disease, she was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a disease of the bone marrow. Although rare, this was directly linked to her chemotherapy treatments. Still, Robin did not let that faze her, and she fought, again, for […]
Breast Cancer and a Heart Defect Don’t Keep Mom and Baby DownIn September of 2013, Riki Graves was feeling pretty good about her life.
Flash Mob at Lambeau Field Raised Awareness for Breast CancerAccording to NBC Green Bay affiliate JRN, in a hard-to-miss moment (at least for the citizens of Green Bay, Wisconsin) a flash mob took place on Thursday July 17 directly outside of historic Lambeau Field, the home of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.
