November 1, 2009
Although no cancer cells may have been found in a patient’s lymph nodes during surgery, 20 percent of these “node negative” patients still have cancer cells somewhere outside the breast area. Not surprising perhaps, since once a tumor reaches 1 cm, you have one billion cancer cells, like this one below, in your body.
In the [...]
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October 22, 2009
My husband and I are both stuck in the glue of our gloom, unable to reach out to each other.
I am restless, crabby, scarred, impatient, and distracted both at home and at work. I cannot concentrate on anything. All I do is obsess about a second surgery. It is not the surgery that scares me, [...]
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