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On any give day you might find yourself speaking to a survivor when things suddenly go sour. Especially if you are married to the guy or gal. Let me share with you what just happened to me.
Scene: I’m in the kitchen preparing breakfast for the kids before school. My husband calls from his hotel room […]
Is that a question you ever thought you’d be asked? But if you are meeting with a plastic surgeon to discuss your reconstruction options, it’s one you need to ponder.
You’re going to love Dr. Narayan,” my friend said to me as we talked over coffee one morning after my second diagnosis. “He did the […]
Earlier today I posted Cathy Bueti’s survivor story. I also had the privilege of asking her a few questions about survivorship … here’s what she shared with me:
1. What was the worst part of your experience with breast cancer?
One of the worst parts I have to say was losing my hair during chemo. More so […]
As I said in the first post of the three part Survivor Story I shared with you earlier this month, every breast cancer survivor has a story to tell. Each breast cancer survivor’s story is equally important, equally significant, equally magnificent.
Today I’m going to share with you the personal story of Cathy Bueti.
Introducing … Cathy […]
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Do you know her as Miranda Hobbes, the workaholic lawyer? Did you watch Sex and the City? Well, Cynthia Nixon is also the daughter of a two time breast cancer survivor and has now told the world that she’s a survivor herself.
She kept her 2006 diagnosis and treatment to herself […]
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 […]
(If you’re just tuning in … you might want to start with Part I and Part II of my story before reading on.)
Slowly but surely I adjusted to my new body (my nipple-less, scarred boobs, my hip-to-hip healing incision and my abdomen made of mesh) and my new life as a two time survivor. Then, […]
Like many breast cancer survivors, the pathology from my my partial mastectomy indicated that I was estrogen receptive so I went on Tamoxifen to reduce my risk of recurrence. I decided to go through genetic testing to determine if I carried an abnormality in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes — I did not. I really […]
Every breast cancer survivor has a story to tell. Each breast cancer survivor’s story is equally important, equally significant, equally magnificent. I’m honored to share my story with you; may it be the first of many I share with you here at the Pink Ribbon Review.
One night in May of 2003, after feeling a peculiar […]
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