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Breast Cancer Index

What is the breast cancer index. (BCI)? According to BreastCancer.org “The Breast Cancer Index test analyzes the activity of 11 genes to help predict the risk of early-stage, hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer coming back 5 to 10 years after diagnosis.” Many women who had hormone positive breast cancer are put either

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What does it mean to “find yourself”?

I have recently found myself thinking about “WHY” I got cancer and the lessons that I was meant to learn from this.  Today, I realized that I have unlocked a major secret in something that has been blocking my own path to inner peace. I have found that in the

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Menopause in a young woman

Menopause After Breast Cancer Many people have no idea that after a diagnosis of breast cancer, many women need to be medically induced into menopause. That is specifically for breast cancers that involve hormones such as estrogen and progesterone.  In my case, they did a lab test to assess if

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Grief is not just about the dead…

Let’s talk about grief beyond losing a loved one Like most people, once I got my cancer diagnosis, religion came back into my life. My not like super religious like I need to start going to church, more like spiritually. I began listening to the universe speaking to me, perhaps

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Chemo Gift Essentials

Got Breast Cancer?! Have you been recently diagnosed with breast cancer or have a friend who has and are looking for “gifts” or items that will help you make chemo days easier? Here’s the good stuff that got me through! I’ll start with everyone who is buying gifts obviusly has

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Can cancer really be a blessing?

Ok, you might think I’m nuts. How the heck can a cancer diagnosis be a blessing? All the pain and suffering that we will or have gone through, and now this? Well let’s take it back (and yes, I might get a little religious here) but there are many sayings

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