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Amazing Alice A-OK
Alice had her first post-mastectomy mammogram Saturday. And although she had only half of the poking and prodding…her mastectomy side escaped the squish program…she had way more of the worry that those of us “non-survivor” folk. “It wasn’t sooo bad,” … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, mammogram, mastectomy, post cancer mastectomy, post-cancer mammogram
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Amazing Alice Gets a Mammogram
Amazing Alice is a “year old.” Just over a year since she had her mastectomy and she’s recovered so nicely it’s easy for the rest of us to forget there was ever a problem. Is she different? “I think more … Continue reading
Mammogram mix-up? K vs. C?
“You aren’t going to confuse our results are you?” I ask the desk person. Karen Katz, moi, and Caren Katz, not moi, have been chatting in the mammogram anteroom, having been bureaucratically mixed up for years. It’s one thing for … Continue reading
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Tagged goldfish mix-up, mammogram, mammogram mix-up, medical records mix-up, same name, same name mix-up
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Mammogram Day….For Karen and Caren
“Is that Karen with a K?” the desk clerk asks me. “Yep.” I’m signing in for the dreaded mammogram appointment. Dreaded because it’s so dang uncomfortable—I totally subscribe to the idea that if men had them they wouldn’t be—but dreaded … Continue reading
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Tagged caren, Karen, karen katz, karen ray, mammogram, mammogram anecdote, mammogram coincidence, name coincidence, name mix-up, names
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Mastectomy Day……Girlfriends and other benefits.
Today is the day. My friend Alice, we’ll say, has had countless appointments. Options. Decisions. Biopsies. MRIs. Ultrasounds. Mammograms. Genetic testing. Second opinions. Third opinions. Consultations. You name it. She’s had it. The surgery was put off two weeks because … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, lumpectomy, mammogram, mastectomy, pink ribbon, simple mastectomy
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