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  • Pink header image with author holding a coffee cup. Text reads " My DCISionRT Test Results: a radiation reflection five years in the making
    Breast Cancer

    My DCISionRT Test Results: A Radiation Reflection Five Years in the Making

    I was diagnosed with DCIS in 2019 at age 41 and chose a lumpectomy followed by radiation. With the information I had during my decision-making process, radiation made sense. At the time, I didn’t know about DCISionRT.

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  • Pink background. Text reads Getting organized during breast cancer: Keeping track of the details. Photo of author looking at a file folder of papers
    Breast Cancer

    Getting Organized During Breast Cancer: Keeping Track of the Details

    How can we keep track of all the details during our breast cancer treatment? In this sponsored post with Healthgrades, I share my organizational tips with you.

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    Is Babytam (A Lower Dose of Tamoxifen) an Option After DCIS? 

    A lower dose of tamoxifen called babytam is now an option for DCIS patients to lower the risk of recurrence.

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  • Breast Cancer

    Newly Diagnosed: How to Go From Overwhelmed to Organized

    Being newly diagnosed with cancer can feel overwhelming. To move beyond feeling overwhelmed, we need to get organized.

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    Breast Cancer

    There’s a Cancer Dictionary? Well, That’s Useful!

    Have you ever opened up a pathology or imaging report and wondered what one of the words meant? We really need a dictionary!

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    Breast Cancer

    HealthGrades Post: Breast Cancer- It’s Okay to Feel Exhausted

    As a mom of two, I thought that I understood fatigue, especially since my first son didn’t sleep through the night until he was 14 months old. However, I was completely unprepared for the fatigue that came with my breast cancer diagnosis. This was not exhaustion fixed by napping in the afternoon or going to bed early. It was more…

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    Breast Cancer

    Owning My Lumpectomy Decision, Again

    After choosing a lumpectomy in 2019, I hoped I made the "right choice." I had an opportunity to re-evaluate my decisions as I faced another lumpectomy in 2022. I needed to own my lumpectomy choice in 2019 once again.

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  • Photo of author and two sons with a thanksgiving meal on the counter in front of them. Size of our cancer doesn't equal the size of our support needs
    Breast Cancer

    HealthGrades Post – Breast Cancer: The Size of Our Cancer Doesn’t Equal the Size of Our Support Needs

    My breast cancer was caught early, while it was still non-invasive. It was so small that I initially thought it wouldn’t affect my life too significantly. Read more and get the full link to HealthGrades in the post

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    Lumpectomy 2022: Another Step In The In-Between

    As I headed into my second lumpectomy, I was struck by how different it felt facing this surgery again. I was less fearful of the actual procedure and more anxious about the possible results. Lumpectomy 2022 was another step in-between.

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    Decision-Making During Breast Cancer Treatment: Solving A Puzzle I Never Wanted To Do

    Decision-making was so difficult, especially at the beginning. I was just learning about the language of breast cancer, and I needed to make treatment choices without feeling like I had all the answers. There was a weight to the choices. What if I made the wrong one?

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