Are we too biased toward prophylactic mastectomy?
I have no idea what it must be like to have to make the decision to undergo a prophylactic mastectomy, the name given to the surgery that may be done to remove one… Continue reading
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Elizabeth Edwards halts cancer treatment
UPDATE. Since this posting, we have learned of the sad news of the death of Elizabeth Edwards. The news started trickling through my Twitter time-line late last night – ( late in terms of… Continue reading
Meat Free Monday
I love how things work out in the Twitterverse! Last Thursday my friend Debbie tweeted about this dish she had just made and how scrumptious it tasted. She did this just as I… Continue reading
Is happiness contagious?
I was reading some research last week which suggests that emotional states can be transferred directly from one individual to another by “emotional contagion”. People can “catch” emotional states they observe in others. This… Continue reading
Jennifer and Sally are Ab Fab
Looking at the pictures in the newspaper this week of comedienne and actress, Jennifer Saunders, as she attended the ballet in London, those of us who have gone through chemo, will recognise her gorgeous… Continue reading
Poetry Friday
In keeping with the spirit of last week’s thanksgiving, today’s poem is from my favourite poet, Mary Oliver, whose poetry always touches me deeply. Her poem is an invitation to look closely at all… Continue reading
Test to determine suitability of chemotherapy now available in Ireland
Chemotherapy is such a crude blunderbus of an instrument, that to see us moving closer to more targeted and personalised cancer treatment is hugely encouraging. One way in which we are moving one step forward in this advance is… Continue reading
A Good Day
Some of you may be reading this right now and you are feeling overwhelmed by the doom and gloom that seems to be all around us. You may be suffering a health, emotional or financial… Continue reading
MRI screening for women with history of breast cancer
Women with a personal history of breast cancer should consider annual screening with MRI in addition to mammography, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North… Continue reading
