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Breast Cancer
Get the double mastectomy, but ask for a skin sparing mastectomy it will really help with the implants
Breast cancer
I just read your story and it is really to bad that none of you doctors told you about a surgery called "skin sparing" mastectomy, where the save the outer layer of your breast skin so that an implant can easily be inserted. More women with breast cancer need to ask about all options of reconstruction before having to go through what you are going through.
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I want to thank you for all your updates. My wife was diagnosed last June, and I have been following your blog ever since. We are just finishing her sixth, and hopefully last chemo treatment next Monday. We just talked with the surgeon and have another appt with the plastic surgeon next week. This is the part we have been dreading. The doctors all recommend a bilteral mastectomy, which is what we're leaning toward, but it's still hard to grasp what she's in for. Best of Luck and again thanks for your updates.
-Pat
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Jodie-
I too am a survivor, 3.5 years now. I know from my experience i have never really 'moved on'. Sure it is on my mind less as the days go by, but I think the thought of cancer will never really completely leave me. Like you, sometimes it is just a blip on the radar screen of my life, other days I feel it was the defining moment of my life. The only thing I can say now is that i am a stronger person than i was, and i really do appreciate things in a different way.
Hang in there, and your blog is wonderful.
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So often I hear of patients who have little hope of a cure with traditional therapies, such as Stage 4 patients. I want everyone to know about a formula I found out about in my own fight with breast cancer. Luckily I was diagnosed with stage 2 so I had lumpectomy, radiation and chemotherapy. I finished treatment 2 years ago. I have declined hormone therapy due to severe side effects. I have started taking this formula called "Protocel". It is an easy to take liquid formula but must be taken 5 times daily. I have read about amazing cures with this formula, no joke, on patients who had exhausted traditional therapies. Please, please, read about it yourself on the website for this formula: webnd.com
Click on the "Press Release" and read about a woman who had multiple cancers with no hope of a cure until she started taking the formula and within 6 months the cancers had gone away. I want to save your life! There is hope.
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Jodie, I was diagnosed nine-years ago with stage IV breast cancer, at the age of 26. I wanted to cheer you on. Cancer allows us to really live knowing that life is a gift. Feel free to borrow my motto, 'Every Day I am Killing Cancer'. You can learn more about me at www.GoBeyondTreatment.com
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Jodie,
If you haven't already, then please read the book The Secret. It is very inspiring and I reread parts all the time. Think only positive thoughts
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Jodie, Thanks for doing this blog...I was diagnosed (I'm 39) about a month ago and my husband has been reading your blogs and told me about them. We share the same chemo cocktail and your attitude is great....they (everyone I've talked too) tell me that is 90% of the battle!!!
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Jodie...I read with interest your comments about your first day of chemo. I like you had breast cancer at a young age...29 in my case. I grew up in the Detroit area and when I found out I was diagnosed with it, returned home for surgery (a radical mastectomy). I am now 53 and in good health. It is scarey to be diagnosed at such a young age. At the time it felt like everything might come to a quick end. Good follow up care and adherence to check ups are very important. You can never be remiss in missing a year or so...the costs are potentially far too high. I wish you the best. I hope you too will be able to look back upon this as a good experience...one that puts your life in focus and one that helps you to put life's little inconveniences in perspective. Look forward, stay strong and live....that's my wish for you..... Jen
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Jodie...I'm not a blogger. (i don't think) I am a 62 year old breast cancer surivor. I am sure you have had lots of advice...First I would suggest that you get a really good ear thermometer. My first treatment got away from me,and I was just really tired. As it turned out I was running a fever, which indicated that my (blood) took a real hit, and I ended up in isolation in the hospital. Also my hair, started to fall out in large clumps had to go. That was in my vanity, (or so I thought) a bigger blow. Each treatment is a different (recipe) as each cancer is different. I wish you the best, as you proceed, and I would tell you that I was diagnosed in 2000. The support of my family and friends, made a huge difference. Should you talk to my `girls` they will tell you that at the very least, I was also quite testy..MaryK
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Hi Jodie, It's Heather from Curtis! Your mom has been giving me updates and I just want to tell you that you have given me the courage and the incentive to go have a mammogram. I'm 37 and thought I wouldn't have to have one until my 40's. I'm not going to wait. I will be making an appointment on Monday. You are doing a great thing with the webblog and you are helping many many people. I have and will be thinking about you daily.
Prayers,
Heather Goldthorpe
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Jodie:
Keep that loving smile on your face! Remember it could always be worse. I had breast cancer 25 years ago and had my left breast removed. I did not have the reconstruction because back then it wasn't so important to me. I'm sorry I didn't have it and by now, at the age of 70, it really isn't so necessary to me. My husband was at my side all the way through the surgery and the rehabilitation. I, too, found my lump and after a second opinion I had the surgery.
I wish you well and you will be in my prayers. Please keep us updated...you will be fine. God Bless!
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Jodie, My name is Joni Smoker, my sister-in-law, Claire Smoker works with your husband, and she told me about your diagnosis, as well as shared your blog with me. I am so sorry to hear of the challenge that lies ahead for you, but I have to tell you how admirable you are to be taking the bull by its horns. Isn't it crazy how are lives can change so drastically in a matter of minutes? We must never take anything for granted, and we must cherish all that we are fortunate to have. Though I've never met you, I'm fortunate to know of you and the journey ahead. I will be with you the entire way, praying for your strength, faith, and recovery. God Bless, Joni Smoker
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