Support for those diagnosed with breast cancer
Breast cancer knowledge, wisdom and advice by survivors for survivors
Support for those diagnosed with breast cancer
Breast cancer knowledge, wisdom and advice by survivors for survivors
Guest post by Jenni Borgfjord I didn’t plan to become a breast health advocate or a champion for breast cancer screening. I don’t have a health degree or a social media following. What I did have was a normal mammogram result in April 2023, and a breast lump one month later. That lump turned out …
A guest post by Brigitte Roth I had my bilateral mastectomy on Thursday, July 3rd at 8:00 AM (delayed from the original June 20th date because some pre-op appointments hadn’t been scheduled as required). A bilateral mastectomy is considered a day surgery. My surgery took place at our local health center. All of the surgical …
Guest Blog by Anna Robinett (The Closet Lady) I’m Anna, and this is my experience with breast implant illness and explanting to go flat. I first had saline breast implants placed in 1994. At the time, I had a five-year-old daughter and hadn’t planned on having any more children. But life had other plans. By …
A Guest Post by Sarah Wickens I have something called occult breast cancer. I never heard of it before. Few have — even the doctors who treated me. “Very rare.” “Extremely uncommon.” “Medical mystery.” “We don’t know why.” Each of those phrases was said to me at some point by various members of my medical …
When you’re diagnosed with breast cancer, you face a series of life-altering decisions. One of the most personal is whether—or how—to approach reconstruction after a mastectomy. Reconstruction isn’t about “fixing” anything. It’s about choosing what healing looks like for you. At AskEllyn.ai, we believe knowledge is power. This comprehensive guide walks you through the different …
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