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Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the world. There are 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. Globally, 4.4 million women are alive today who were diagnosed with breast cancer in the last five years (source: Susan G. Komen for the Cure). It’s pretty safe to say that on any […]
(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 […]
A woman named Becky put this video together for a friend of hers going through her second bout with BC. As a two time survivor, I had to smile! She nailed it!
When she posted this on You Tube, she says the video “is also for anyone who needs a little support and positive thinking while going […]
As a kid growing up in the 1970s, I remember belting out the lyrics ‘tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree’ each time we got into the car to head anywhere and that song was playing. As a result, I became acutely aware, at a young age, that yellow ribbons were an […]
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Written by Karen Lynch [email] for b5media.
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