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How Do Doctors Diagnose and Treat Breast Cancer? administrator 0 Views • 2 years ago

Breast cancer diagnosis starts with a biopsy to sample abnormal cells. If a biopsy finds breast cancer, there are several surgical treatment options depending on the type of cancer, most commonly lumpectomy and mastectomy.

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Understanding metastatic breast cancer administrator 2 Views • 2 years ago

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This animation explains what metastatic breast cancer is, the symptoms to watch for, and the wide variety of treatment options available. If you have metastatic breast cancer you will likely need to remain on treatment, unless you choose to stop it. Being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer can be overwhelming. But many people continue to live long, productive lives with breast cancer in this stage due to advances in treatment.

Tig Notaro explains how to make breast cancer funny administrator 1 Views • 2 years ago

Comedian Tig Notaro lost her mother, ended a long-term relationship and got diagnosed with breast cancer all in the same year. It was, she says, more than she could handle, but it also spurred a writing spree that helped her cope with her illness. Notaro offers her Brief but Spectacular take on healing through comedy.

Bartender shares story of rare but aggressive form of breast cancer administrator 0 Views • 2 years ago

Sonja Sax of Fort Lauderdale had a mammogram that showed no evidence of disease, but experts said that’s not unusual with inflammatory breast cancer, which can appear suddenly.

What Are the Signs of Breast Cancer? administrator 0 Views • 2 years ago

I had breast cancer surgery administrator 0 Views • 2 years ago

Go to our sponsor https://betterhelp.com/eamonandbec for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help. As it has been with my breast cancer journey thus far, my second surgery is full of ups and downs with some BIG NEWS revealed at the end!

After my initial lumpectomy surgery, I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer back in December of 2021. Since then we have gone through a full round of IVF to preserve our fertility and 5 months of chemotherapy. In this episode we share everything from 6 weeks post chemo to making the difficult decision regarding which surgery to have (mastectomy or lumpectomy) to the recovery process and finally the pathology results of surgery.

0:00 our cancer journey so far...
0:55 why another surgery?
1:24 why a bilateral mastectomy 😕
1:51 MRI
2:27 meeting with our surgeon
3:44 now we weigh our options
4:56 oncologist's perspective...
5:49 recurrence rates for breast cancer
6:44 my surgery decision
7:50 here's the plan!
8:30 hair regrowth post chemo
9:20 hormonal therapy for 5-10 years
10:02 MEET RAEMON!
11:27 how therapy has helped me
13:22 surgery day
17:11 Eamon starts to worry
18:53 happy birthday Bec!
20:19 1 week post-op
22:02 what's this lump?! 😳
25:22 surgery results
27:38 sharing the news with loved ones!

To anyone out there going through something similar, we hope this video can help you feel a little less alone. We know that being able to share our journey with all of you has definitely made us feel supported, loved and less alone. So our continued love and gratitude to this community for getting us through.

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