Well, I had a biopsy today.  I've had to be the Brave Soldier and suck it up
for six weeks, waiting for this day.  Had to be stalwart and tough for my
husband, who is totally confused and more scared than I am by this business
and the turtleneck speed at which it has crawled.

The FDA is Finished
READ MORE: 2006, Investigations
The FDA is here to protect us and to ensure, among other things, safe
drugs.

MRIs finally mentioned on plastic surgeons website
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After my complaints about the implant website jointly developed by the
American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the American Society

My first sign of cancer was malignant cells by fine needle back in 1997 -
but the lump they thought might be the cancer wasn't, so was on a close
watch for a while.  12 months later there was an anomaly on ultrasound, but
I refused biopsy. 6 months after that, the second lump had ...

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/betty-wirsen.htm make the claim that
www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/coleah.htm was the 'best friend
implanted women ever had."
Rubbish.

kilikini ...
Unfortunately, thousands and thousands of women are being injured and
made ill from saline implants too ...
The body seems even less able to handle these foreign objects in the

I was dx in 12/04 with LCIS - after mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy, and
lumpectomy.  The tumor board recommended bilateral mastectomy for me. I went
for a second opinion to a large cancer center.
The doctors at the cancer center recommended against mastectomy and

New York Times:
Balancing Painful Swelling With a Desire to Exercise
By SUSAN BERGER
Slow, progressive weight training may be safe for survivors of breast

I'm going on Thursday for my initial consult with my surgeon.  I'm so
scared.  My "friend" is on its way and as a result is causing my breasts to
swell and I'm experiencing pain from the tumor to my nerves.  It's like a
toothache to my armpit.

I was wondering if after chemotherapy, does your body go back to normal?
For example, do you heal the same that you did before chemo, are you as
healthy (cancer not considered).  I know it takes a while to get your
strength and stamina back but will you be basically the same or ...

Hi i am trying to raise money for the cancer research great wall of
china walk next year, and you can help me for free!
it is all explained in my blog, thanks in advance to anyone who helps
me

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More to Know About Breast Implants

Hi there I posted on the alt.support.cancer site and didn't even
realize that there was this site...how silly of me!
My name is Kristen and I am writing in concern to my Mom. She went into
have her breast induced and after her surgery her doctor contacted her

Now that I have a keyboard which doesn't need me to insert all the spaces
after I've typed the whole text I'll relate what has happened.
The background:
from 1998 when my bc was diagnosed and I had a lumpectomy and radiation I

EXCERPT: And so, Dr. Esteva said, he is left asking many women with
early-stage breast cancer to decide what can seem like the undecidable:
whether they want "to take something potentially toxic when you have a 90
percent chance of being cured without it."