Forum: Profiles In Courage
09-22-2012, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 29,600
Re: I just found out I have breast cancer
Hello Cricket,
The drain is easy to use. I was a bit squeamish about it. Make sure you wash your hands thoroughly before handling drains. I had my husband help and we didn't think about that....
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Forum: Profiles In Courage
09-17-2012, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 29,600
Re: I just found out I have breast cancer
Cricket,
I had 3 lesions in the right breast - so a lumpectomy wasn't an option, only a mastectomy.
Breast cancer is scary stuff. But most women survive and live a long life after treatment....
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Forum: Profiles In Courage
09-17-2012, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 29,600
Re: I just found out I have breast cancer
I had a mastectomy on the right breast. Looking back I now wish I would have had a double mastectomy with implants for reconstruction. You can have skin sparing mastectomies and immediate...
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