So back to business again this morning and today I am highlighting a recent medical story which recommends that more research is needed to indicate which DCIS patients are candidates for less invasive surgery. This is something very close to my heart, as I was diagnosed with DCIS and felt great frustration in deciding which treatment options were right [...]
Archive for September, 2009
More research needed to help DCIS
Posted in patient empowerment, Research, tagged breast cancer, DCIS, doctor patient communication, doctor patient relationship, Dr. Carmen Allegra, ductal carcinoma in situ, oncologist on September 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Reflections on my 5 year cancerversary
Posted in Personal Reflections, tagged cancerversary on September 29, 2009 | 25 Comments »
So for those who are thinking by now.. enough with the cancerversary – we’ve heard it all ..this is the last word on the subject I promise. So please indulge me for just one more time. It is today I class as officially my cancerversary. For today five years ago, the tumour was cut out of my [...]
Obligation of the cured
Posted in Advocacy, tagged breast cancer, lance armstrong, LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit on September 27, 2009 | 14 Comments »
At the recent LiveStrong Global Cancer Summit held here in Dublin last month, Lance Armstrong spoke of the “the obligation of the cured” – the idea that those who survive cancer should help others do the same. When I first heard this spoken of, my heart sang at those words. This is precisely how [...]
And so the journey began
Posted in Personal Reflections, tagged being diagnosed with breast cancer on September 26, 2009 | 40 Comments »
How suddenly life can change. How illusory that feeling of control over our lives…. As you can see, I am in a reflective mood this week, as I remember the strange limbo I found myself in this week five years ago. For it was this week in 2004, that I received the news that I had [...]
My pregnancy fears allayed
Posted in Fertility, Younger Women and Breast Cancer, tagged abortion, breast cancer and fertility, breast cancer and pregnancy, Dr. Beth Beadle, Dr. Ruth O'Regan, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Winship Cancer Institute on September 23, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I have mentioned before that the effect of chemotherapy on my fertility was the most devastating aspect of being diagnosed with breast cancer. For some women, the result is permanent infertility, others, like me, have complicated fertility issues post treatment. One of my chemo buddys did get pregnant post treatment with the help of IVF, [...]
A husband’s story
Posted in Family, tagged wife with breast cancer on September 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
What is it like to have a partner diagnosed with cancer? Here is an extract from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book, recounting what it was like for one man. When my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, it was hard on her. And it was hard on me. So who had it worse? That may [...]
Meat Free Monday
Posted in Healthy Recipes, tagged Chari Olmedo, meat free monday, tuna steaks with mango and spinach, Twitter on September 21, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Today’s Meat Free Monday recipe is a very special one! Not just because it is a delicious recipe, but because it is an original created by an original….Chari Olmedo. I first encountered Chari on the social networking site Twitter, yes Twitter again! She is a great supporter of the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the cancer [...]
Childhood cancer survivors at risk of breast cancer
Posted in Breast cancer awareness, Breast Cancer Screening, tagged breast cancer, Breast Cancer Screening, childhood cancer, mammogram, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on September 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Although women treated with chest radiation for childhood cancers constitute one of the highest risk populations for breast cancer, they are far less likely to begin receiving early mammograms when they should, say investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Researchers emphasize the importance of educating such at-risk women and their physicians about the need [...]
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