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...
Every year March is designated Women’s History Month and this year the theme is “Valiant Women of the Vote,” and we want to take time to thank those trailblazers. However, this month we have decided to honor those advocates and inventors in medicine that have made a...
Breast cancer can cause many physical changes to your body — chemotherapy and radiation can cause exhaustion, nerve damage, hair loss and loss of appetite, just to name a few. And then there’s a mastectomy which obviously changes the look and feel of your body....
There is one certainty when you are diagnosed with breast cancer and it’s that you are not alone. But sometimes it can certainly feel like you are when you have a million questions and concerns running through your mind. Maybe you’re nervous about an upcoming surgery...
Abby recently found out that she has a family history of breast cancer — she has a cousin and a grandmother who have both been diagnosed at different stages. Abby is 37 years old and doesn’t have breast cancer, but the idea that she might have a higher risk of...
When considering breast reconstruction, a woman is faced with a few options — she can choose autologous reconstruction — which is the use of her own skin and tissue to create a breast mound, implants, or go flat. Recently, the recall of certain breast...
