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it helps with lymphedema, but insurance companies make it cost prohibitive.
Yes, it looks like something out of Lost in Space. It’s an at home machine to help with lymphedema. I meant to post this during breast cancer awareness month but honestly? I have a dog going through cancer treatment and … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer survivor, life, lymphedema, tactile medical
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in honor of breast cancer awareness month it’s time to remind you that this disease is neither pink nor fluffy.
Here we are, another year, another Pinktober. It has taken 14 years for me to realize the problem is not the fact that it’s October and it’s about breast cancer awareness, it’s still about all the pink crap that manufacturers … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer survivor, life, Pinktober
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lymphedema encore
So my lymphedema is back and now it’s in my arm. The lymphedema is in my left arm where the lymph nodes were removed 14 years ago June 1. I had previously had lymphedema in my lower left leg, and … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer survivor, life, lymphedema
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reflection
Because of the bizarro world of when insurance allows you to schedule your mammogram and when your hospital system has availability, I didn’t get my annual screening until July 3rd. It was the same old irritating apprehension a few days … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, breast cancer survivor, fuck Trump, life, life after breast cancer, reflecting
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fourteen years.
June 1 it is an amazing 14 years since my breast cancer surgery. I am one of the lucky ones, and I have always known that. I have lost friends over the years to breast and other cancers. Today was … Continue reading
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it’s 2025…here’s a reminder or two.
Hello there all. Happy 2025. I am still alive and kicking. I saw someone in a neighbor group on social media post about their mother’s friend having an upcoming breast cancer surgery and what should they do and so on. … Continue reading
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it’s pinktober so why not body shame a breast cancer survivor, right? ummm, not so fast.
Like clockwork, if you are a woman with a voice who happens to be a breast cancer survivor, and who also brushed past ovarian cancer barely (thank you full hysterectomy in 2014 to remove septating cysts and more that initially … Continue reading
ibx denies breast cancer survivor genetic testing
Independence Blue Cross has denied my genetic testing related to breast, cancer and other cancers. I am a breast cancer survivor currently in remission, and I have had several bouts of skin cancer. I also had a full hysterectomy a … Continue reading
breast cancer screening needs to be EVERY YEAR and start earlier.
A lot of times I tune things on the Today Show out. And that’s primarily because this has gone from being a very good morning news show with good news segments, to a lot of softball and marshmallow fluff. But … Continue reading
skin cancer encore and life moves on…
Well, here we are. Another Mohs surgery is in my future as skin cancer showed up again. Ironically it’s underneath where I had a skin graft after a Mohs surgery a few years ago now. My post skin cancer reconstruction … Continue reading
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