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Olivia Munn’s SKIMS ad is brave. But is it truly representative of the breast cancer reality?
Actress Olivia Munn is making waves again by showcasing her mastectomy scars in a new campaign for Kim Kardashian’s SKIMs brand. And good on her. Good on SKIMS for showing those scars. Let’s not diminish for one instant what she has…
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Breast Cancer and the Reality of Financial Toxicity
The cost of battling breast cancer, or financial toxicity as it’s often referred to, is a grim reality that many of us have to grapple with. The financial burdens start to loom shortly after diagnosis and can continue way beyond the…
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Breast cancer and lymphedema
I had never even heard of the word lymphedema before I found myself on my breast cancer journey. Now, because I’ve had lymph nodes removed and radiation to my left armpit (because two of those nodes had cancer in them), I’m…
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How I’m Using Acupuncture for Trauma Release After Breast Cancer
I have written extensively on this blog about the trauma that comes with a breast cancer diagnosis and how even two and a half years post-diagnosis, I know my body is still holding on to that trauma. I can’t quite describe…
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My isolating journey to a breast cancer diagnosis
Guest post by Alice Zhao My breast cancer journey began in a way that is familiar to many women—a routine mammogram that turned out to be anything but routine. However, on the journey from my mammogram to my breast cancer diagnosis,…