Because we seek to empower women to make informed choices after breast cancer, we're very interested in how women come to their decisions. That's what makes this conversation with Tina Ruark-Baker so inspiring! Tina
Many times readers want a broad overview of diagnosis to breast surgery recovery. What does this look like in someone else? While we can't generalize, Tina Ruark-Baker has chosen to share with us her breast
Many women come to a breast cancer diagnosis utterly bewildered and overwhelmed. A few, however, come from inside the medical world. They offer unique insights and come to decisions from a different perspective. Ana is
Sometimes breast reconstruction doesn't go as planned. Unfortunately, that was Denise's painful experience. She had saline tissue expanders placed at her mastectomy, and everything went wrong. Skin necrosis. Extra surgery. Incisions that reopened. Ultimately, her
Breast cancer is a tough journey. Unfortunately, breast reconstruction after mastectomy isn't always smooth sailing either, as told in some of our breast reconstruction stories. One problem is the inconvenience, pain and sometimes injury that occur
Women who come through the other side of a breast cancer diagnosis often feel a responsibility to share their story. An important part of recovery is to reveal the reality of what happens between the
The shock of breast cancer doesn't end at the diagnosis. Every woman knows there are many steps along the way that just keeps building and adding to the shock. It may be losing one's hair
