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Archive for the ‘Mastectomy’ Category

July 22nd, 2008

My Personal Independence Day

I was never more dependent on others, since my childhood days, than I was after my TRAM flap reconstruction, immediately following my double mastectomy.
I mean seriously, I was cut hip-to-hip, hardly able to walk upright let alone lift anything for weeks, all the while nursing a seriously sore chest that had been to battle and […]

By Karen Lynch -- 1 comment

April 28th, 2008

Book Review: The Faces Behind Breast Cancer

The Faces Behind Breast Cancer is a compassionate, inspirational and provocative picture book. It’s designed “to give hope and inspire others to regain their self-confidence and improve their emotional state while learning to accept their physical changes in their bodies during treatment and recovery,” says author Josephine Caruso Sethi.
Josie herself was treated at the MD […]

By Karen Lynch -- 0 comments

April 11th, 2008

Male Breast Cancer

Earlier today I posted about The Ryde’s new Charitees brand of t-shirts. In a follow-up email exchange I learned that The Ryde’s warehouse worker found some pre-cancerous growths under his breast plate at the doctor’s office a few weeks ago. It was well after their philanthropic initiative began, but it brought the entire initiative closer […]

By Karen Lynch -- 6 comments

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