Ask any Baton Rouge mom what she wants for her children, and health + wellness will be one of her first responses. Whether it’s the mental health of her teenagers, how much screen time to allow her toddlers or struggling with breastfeeding, moms simply want the best outcome for their children’s overall health.
Disclosure :: our Breast Cancer Awareness series is sponsored by Baton Rouge General.
Disbelief into Determination: A Peek into my Breast Cancer Journey
As I walked outside to find my husband Joe, I think that I was in disbelief that my water was breaking five and 1/2 weeks early. Then again, disbelief had become my new normal, and little did I realize it, but that same feeling was planning to set up shop in my mind for a few more months. However, being the avid planner that I am, everything was ready to get thrown into the car and off we headed to the hospital. A mere 2 hours later she was here, my good luck charm. Yvette Kate was born perfectly healthy weighing...
Disclosure :: our Breast Cancer Awareness series is sponsored by Baton Rouge General.
I never liked the color pink, but it is now my color. My breast cancer journey began with a routine mammogram. On my 46th birthday, I was told I needed additional mammograms. I wasn’t worried at all since I’ve done this before for calcification spots. Even though my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer just 11 months earlier, it never occurred to me I could get cancer too. After additional mammograms, irregular shaped calcification spots were discovered in my left breast. Two weeks later, two stereotactical needle biopsies were performed.
The results came back positive in both spots for cancer. I wasn’t expecting to hear the words “unfortunately, the...
Disclosure :: our Breast Cancer Awareness series is sponsored by Baton Rouge General.
My Mom Has Breast Cancer and I Feel Helpless
This is one of those posts that you dread writing - because you know you're going to have to unpack a lot of the feelings you're uncomfortable feeling because there's someone else out there that will relate. It's also a pretty selfish perspective so putting it ON THE INTERNET feels a little raw and gross but YOU'LL KNOW that I know so ... we'll all agree to start there.
My parents have been married for 43 years. They've lived in the same house for 39 of them. Not super-big on change, my folks. Last year, their house flooded with almost six...
Ten years later ... this is not what is supposed to happen.
The odds were in my favor, or so I thought.
Breast cancer journey #2 is in full swing as I write this. But this isn’t where my story started, or where it will end.
My actual journey with breast cancer began as a daughter. My mom was diagnosed in 2003 at the age of 65, and my world flipped upside down. She opted for a lumpectomy and began her five year daily ritual of Tamoxifen. She had 5 kids along with their spouses, and 16 grandkids, and we had a lot of memories left to make. We were on the road to life without cancer and it felt great!
My Own...
Disclosure :: our Breast Cancer Awareness series is sponsored by Baton Rouge General.
Hidden Scar Surgery {Changing the Lives of Breast Cancer Patients}
Body image is something women struggle with all their lives - which is why a breast cancer diagnosis is so devastating. Breasts are symbolic of beauty, fertility, motherhood, femininity. For some women, the thought of losing them is inconceivable. Surgical scarring can make recovery even more difficult.
A new procedure called “hidden scar surgery” is changing the lives of breast cancer patients, and Baton Rouge General is one of the first hospitals to offer it. Dr. Everett Bonner, surgical oncologist and Chair of the hospital’s Breast Committee, is one of just a handful of physicians qualified to perform the...
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