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After my breast cancer diagnosis, I wanted to go flat. My surgeon disagreed.
Guest post by Sonya McConnon I was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer just after my 40th birthday in August 2021 following my routine mammogram. From the moment of my diagnosis, I wanted to go flat. My surgeon, however, had different…
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Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Surgery, Breast cancer treatment, Breast Health, Reconstruction, Women's Health
Breast Cancer and Cancer Doctors I Follow, Respect and Admire
The breast cancer journey is complicated and emotionally fraught. It thrusts you into a new and terrifying world you never considered, let alone thought would happen to you. This is completely foreign territory — including the terminology your doctors are using. It’s…
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Why media depiction of breast cancer gives me pause
A woman with breast cancer. What picture do you conjure up in your head? If you are an advertiser or content creator that buys into the media depiction of breast cancer, she is probably depicted as weak, pale, harnessed to an…
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Aesthetic Flat Closure, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Surgery, Breast cancer treatment, Friendship, Self Care
The death of a friend
We like to say in cancerland that it is the shittiest club with the best of members. You do meet some tremendous humans through this experience. However, the hard part in all of this is that it’s cancer after all. And…
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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…