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Andrea's Journey

Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy

All breast cancer patients have choices that they have to make. One of the first questions a breast cancer patient has to answer is: lumpectomy or mastectomy? With a lumpectomy, the breast cancer tumor and a narrow margin around it is removed, and with…

June 26, 2019
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Andrea's Journey

My Breast Cancer Diagnosis

I wanted to start by telling readers about my breast cancer diagnosis. I had been putting off my annual gynecologist appointment, but on May 17, 2019, I scheduled an appointment immediately after I read on Facebook that my very first friend from childhood was…

June 17, 2019