BRCA1-positive mom chooses mastectomy, breast reconstruction
Linda Phetphongsy is still trying to adjust to life with breast implants, though she welcomes the peace of mind they bring her.
“I feel great, and I don’t have to worry as much about getting breast cancer,” she says.
The 32-year-old mother of two underwent a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction last year after learning that she has a BRCA1 gene mutation, which puts her at increased risk for breast cancer and ovarian...
Thyroid cancer survivor finds ways to cope during radioiodine therapy quarantine
Veronika Fitzgerald is still amazed by the events that led up to her papillary thyroid cancer diagnosis.
In the fall of 2015, she began...
Humor, love get non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor through stem cell transplant
They were inseparable for nearly a month, but Kate Arnold definitely felt more hate than love for Sheeba, her “constant companion” -- and...
Costumes and blogging help patient through chemotherapy
After her second chemotherapy infusion, Naomi Ziva realized that she was going to need more than medication to get through metastatic colorectal cancer treatment.
“The seriousness of having cancer was overwhelming, and I’m a jokester,” she says. “For me, it just got to the point that I had to break the heaviness in my head.”
So Naomi and her friend showed up to her third chemotherapy session dressed as superheroes.
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