Given that February is the month of Valentine’s Day, there are images of hearts nearly everywhere. It's a fitting time to look at breast cancer, breast reconstruction surgery and the heart. When you have
On the last day of January, our breast cancer screening month, Kelly Nemecek shared the beginning of her journey with breast cancer. Kelly now joins us to explain what choices she made after mastectomy surgery.
Breast reconstruction is a complicated topic. First, you have to decide between breast reconstruction and going flat. If you're considering reconstruction, you have to decide whether you want to get immediate or delayed reconstruction. You
It’s Thanksgiving, and most of us have been thinking about what we're thankful for: family, friends, jobs, cats. Let's take a few minutes to look beyond the obvious. So many things change in our world that
Just like health insurance plans, laws and other legal mandates are confusing. I mean, there’s a reason people complete extra schooling to become lawyers. Laws are confusing! They have weird wording (why can’t they just
Kim Sport is a nuclear medicine technologist turned lawyer, and former Executive Counsel to the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. She's also a three-time cancer survivor and the founder of Breastoration, which educates,
Carly Miller is a BRCA2 previvor living with her husband in Los Angeles. She is a Peer Support Group Leader and Peer Navigator with FORCE. Carly also volunteers for Sharsheret and has been selected to
Submitted by Dr. Frank J. DellaCroce, ITC Advisory Board Member and MD, FACS, from the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery, New Orleans, LA www.breastcenter.com For women who’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, the emotional blow of mastectomy and the sense
“When Doctors Disagree” sounds like the title of a cheesy, faux-dramatic reality show. Unfortunately, disagreements between one's plastic surgeon and breast surgeon can be yet another challenge in an already exhausting line of obstacles.
You’ve struggled with breast cancer. You've either scheduled or had a mastectomy. You may have already dealt with chemotherapy, radiation, or any other combination of cancer treatments. Breast reconstruction should be easy by this
