Some Thoughts on Traveling Before and After Your Surgery
When you’re planning to have surgery, there are a lot of details to work out. What clothes should you pack? What medications will you be taking? If you’re flying home after surgery, how will you get on the plane, can you have someone travel with you and what if you...
Getting You Through the Surgery With Less Pain is the Goal of ERAS
You are having surgery and might be nervous about how it’s all going to go. You’ll be hungry from not eating hours before and wonder how you’ll tolerate the anesthesia. When it’s all over, you expect that there will be discomfort and that your doctor will give you...
Woman to Woman: Some Non-medical Questions Answered
Once you’re diagnosed with breast cancer, it’s guaranteed that you’ll have a lot of questions to ask your doctor about your diagnosis, treatments and surgery. But your doctor may not be able to answer all of your questions. For some things you need to know — say what...
Terri Coutee Made a Mission of Sharing Her Breast Cancer Experience
You’ve heard the expression, ‘when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.’ Two-time breast cancer patient Terri Coutee took that advice one step further and made sure she not only made the lemonade, she shared it with others. Terri received her first diagnosis in 2002....
Finding the Right Support Group Can Be Crucial to Your Recovery from Breast Cancer
When Marie was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, she knew she had a great team on her side. She loved her doctors and nurses and felt well-informed. She knew she could ask any questions she had at any time about her surgery and treatment and they would be...
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