As a parent facing a breast cancer diagnosis, one of the toughest hurdles is finding the right way to talk to your children. You want to be truthful, yet shield their young hearts from unnecessary fear. This very challenge led me to write “BK’s Mommy Has Breast Cancer.” Drawing from my own experience navigating this journey with my then 7-year-old son, BK, I created this book as the invaluable resource…
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Managing Radiation Burns: A Survivor’s Guide to Relief
Just when I thought the hard part was behind me, I was scheduled for five weeks of radiation. Five weeks, 25 sessions, every day. It seemed manageable, but I was wrong. I’d gotten a taste of normalcy after chemo and surgery, and then… this. Radiation…
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Facing Mastectomy: What to Expect and How to Prepare
Mastectomy is an amputation. It’s the best way to explain it. No need to sugar coat it! It is an amputation, a removal of your breast, and just like any amputation it comes with side effects such as depression, shooting nerve pain, phantom pain, and…