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What to expect at your first chemotherapy appointment
I had four rounds of chemotherapy over a 12-week timeframe as part of my breast cancer treatment plan. Like Catherine, the Princess of Wales, it was deemed to be preventative. After surgery, pathology showed that the cancer had snuck into two…
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Radiation Real Talk
As part of my treatment for breast cancer I had 15 rounds of radiation, administered daily. It was the third and final leg of my cancer treatment plan, which also included a double mastectomy surgery and 12 weeks of chemotherapy. I…
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Busting Some Myths About Mammograms
I believe that mammograms are lifesaving tools in the fight against breast cancer. I have always been proactive about my health and participate in screening that is available to me, including regular mammograms and pap smears. Please note that breast cancer…
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Why You Need to Know Your Breast Density
Breast density is an essential facet of women’s health that often isn’t as widely understood or discussed as it should be. I have to admit, as a woman who was always health vigilant and went for regular mammograms, I was unfamiliar…
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When it Comes to Breast Cancer Survival Rates is Five Years Enough?
According to data from the Canadian Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society, the five-year breast cancer survival rate for women diagnosed with breast cancer is just around 90%. It means that of women diagnosed with breast cancer, 89% of us…