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CCS wants to understand the continuing effects of COVID-19 on people living with cancer and their caregivers (a family member or an unpaid person who provides physical and emotional care). If you are living with cancer or caring for ...
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Today I went for my first mammogram since being diagnosed and treated. I was truly surprised that as the technician was getting me set up, the tears started to stream down my face. They literally came out of nowhere. At that moment, I ...
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Even though the first time I had cancer it was much more severe, to the point where I was in palliative care, I did not feel this weak and tired. This time, I am not as sick, but I guess my body is worn down. I just finished treatment for ...
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I am a breast cancer patient battling this disease. Dealing with the cancer has been one of the hardest things I have had to to go through. My discussion question is regarding self esteem and intimacy. The breast cancer has taken a toll on ...
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JO-ANN WALLACE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 It had been a while since we’d had a family doctor and when we finally secured one, she sent us for the usual battery of tests. My FIT test rang a bell with the BC ...
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I am not in a good place. I had a sever reaction in my hand at the intake site to chemo #3 The center has never seen this before. They had a few people come and look - and they all said “huh - never seen that before”. For the last week and a half I've ...
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I finished my treatments for breast cancer (chemo and radiation) at the end of May. Since then, I have been trying to get back to normal. When I go out, I do wear a mask particularly in stores and in crowded areas outside. I have never felt ...
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For a third year in a row, Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day will be held virtually on Wednesday, October 19 from 7pm-10pm (EST). BRA Day is intended to EDUCATE women on their breast reconstruction options, EMPOWER women to ...
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I have been dealing with breast cancer for the past 9 months. I had a double mastectomy on January 6th, 16 rounds of chemo finishing on July 12th and 15 rounds of radiation finishing yesterday!!!! I come to this site almost everyday to ...
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from today's Globe and Mail Cancer changed me, but I’m still the same person AMY GOTTLIEB Here I am again. Caught in the web of cancer. This time around it is harder to turn away, to forget that I am marked by, measured by, these unruly cells ...