In the new normal after diagnosis, the sudden onslaught of doctor’s visits can be anxiety-inducing. While figuring out my next steps, I realized that self-care needed to be at the top of my list. I needed an arsenal of tools ready on the days that cancer knocked me down. I needed to know how to get my groove back after a difficult doctor’s appointment. I wanted to know how I could be gentle with myself while my world felt like it was closing in around me, and I craved ways to ground myself in the beauty that remained within me and my life.
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Breast CancerFeaturedFeaturing Cyn
Hormonal therapies for breast cancer: Weighing benefits and side effects
Studies show some people don’t start and many quit HTs that reduce risk of recurrence, due to intolerable side effects; communication with your provider is key to making informed treatment decisions.
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Breast CancerFeaturedFeaturing Cyn
Preventive Care May Be Free, but Follow-Up Diagnostic Tests Can Bring Big Bills
Cynthia Johnson was reluctant to pay $200 out-of-pocket for a test used to diagnose her breast cancer after she detected a lump. Patient advocates and medical experts say diagnostic tests are necessary ― and should be covered at no cost to patients, much as preventive screenings are.
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The Know Your Lemons campaign, app, and educator community are quite simply making lemonade out of the lemons that so many are given when diagnosed. KYL is making the best of what can be a bad situation through education and empowerment.
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Breast CancerFeaturedFeaturing Cyn
Black women are more likely to die of breast cancer. These survivors are working to change that.
About one in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer, but there are significant racial disparities in outcomes.