For women, breast reconstruction is important to how they look and feel after a mastectomy. Muscle sparing autologous reconstruction is a fancy way to say that the new breast is rebuilt using your own (natural fatty) tissue from your belly, buttocks or upper thighs....
For many women, a breast cancer diagnosis means a transformation, since both full and partial mastectomies are common as a way to rid the body of malignant tissues. These surgeries can leave a woman feeling uncertain or insecure about the changes. Fortunately, there...
(Source) Grilling out always adds an added layer of fun to dinnertime. Whether it’s serving up plates of delicious food while you catch up with friends or testing out new recipes on a romantic dinner date, it’s hard not to find a reason to fire up the grill. And...
Summer coming to a close means one thing: getting prepared to send the kiddos back to school. It doesn’t matter if you’re an elementary school kid, an adult student, or a parent…getting back into the swing of things is an adjustment for everyone. To help...
Our nurse, Chris Murakami, just returned from a wonderful vacation in Ireland and wanted to share some tips about sun and surgery with our readers! Planning surgery during the summer months? Here are some things to remember during vacations, trips to the beach,...
I’ve been in a bit of a stupor the past few weeks as my youngest is getting ready to graduate from high school and preparing to leave home for college in the fall. It alternates between rambling on and on about scholarships, financial aid, school choices, to just...