Breast Cancer Chronicles April 2008 Archive

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Are You Being Over- or Undertreated?
Posted Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 3:50 pm PDT
Care providers want you to participate in the decision-making about your treatment, but they also want you to be well-informed about the consequences,…
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Having 'The Breast Talk' With Your Pre-Teen
Posted Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 3:46 pm PDT
With young girls beginning their menstrual cycles as young as 9 years of age today, it's not unusual for their breasts to start to develop and mature…
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Benefits of Being Small (Why Size Might Matter)
Posted Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 4:55 pm PDT
Despite what the epidemic of breast-enhancement surgeries and the countless magazine covers of large-breasted women are telling us, there are many…
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How Do You Define Survivorship?
Posted Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 8:41 pm PDT
Some patients take offense at the word survivor, feeling that they aren't a survivor until they have hit that magic five-year mark after treatment has…
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How Much Treatment Is Enough?
Posted Thu, Apr 17, 2008, 3:25 am PDT
Determining just the right amount of treatment for breast cancer, while not as precise and scientific a process as you might think, has improved.
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Exercise and Your Breast Health
Posted Tue, Apr 15, 2008, 3:51 am PDT
Wear a properly fitting bra, ideally a sports bra that fits snugly enough to keep your breasts close to your chest and to limit the amount of bouncing…
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Pills and Potions: Will They Make Your Breasts Grow?
Posted Wed, Apr 09, 2008, 4:47 pm PDT
It turns out that since "breast-enhancing" products aren't regulated by the FDA, their manufacturers can say whatever they want and nothing bad will…
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Breast Cancer: Your Emotional State
Posted Tue, Apr 08, 2008, 4:24 am PDT
How is it possible that someone would refer to such a hazardous and life-altering experience as a gift? Well, the answer lies in those words: "life…
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How Long Does My Loved One Have?
Posted Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:20 pm PDT
Fighting a metastatic disease is a complicated process and no two patients are alike. How hard a patient wants to fight is a factor.
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Social Pressures and Size Issues
Posted Wed, Apr 02, 2008, 11:47 am PDT
If you have teenage daughters - no, make that pre-teenage daughters - talk with them about their self-image, especially in relation to their breasts.
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Meet Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S.

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I'm Lillie Shockney, administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center. I'm also a breast cancer survivor with a passion for empowering women to take charge of their health.