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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

(I meant to post this yesterday, but my mom was here in town, so things got away from me!) It’s October, and that means that it’s Breast Cancer Awareness month! As many of you know, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2000 – she found the cancer through a self-exam, and it [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #37

Thirteen posts on my blog that I like in particular! Only one person responded to my quiz from last week, so I haven’t posted the answers yet – please check it out and let me know your thoughts! And yes, this is a slightly self-centered T13 . . . but I really couldn’t think of [...]

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Inflammatory Breast Cancer

There’s an EXTREMELY deadly form of breast cancer that almost NO ONE knows about!!!! It’s called Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC), and even cancer helplines haven’t heard of it. It’s extremely difficult to detect – it won’t show up on a mammogram, and you won’t be able to feel it in a Breast Self Exam! There [...]

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