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• Will you follow the new advice and wait until age 50 to start getting mammograms?

  Thu Nov 19, 2009
  • First mammo at 40 - at 46 breast cancer this is absolute bull shit don't believe it - sorry I don't care what the studies show I am an RN who worked in oncology with studies like this it is absolutely going to kill some women absolutely without a doubt it is all we have (now).

• Octuplet mom also gives birth to ethical debate

  Wed Feb 4, 2009
  • The minute I read about her background (wikipedia) I felt that my conversations about her were confirmed.  What better way to study early childhood development than to create your own research group and then get your masters and PhD based on what you study.  A whole new slant on home …

• Is face transplant worth risking patient's life?

  Wed Dec 17, 2008
  • OOPS before anyone flames me I am for it - I forgot to say that-brain transplants I am not sure about.

• Is face transplant worth risking patient's life?

  Wed Dec 17, 2008
  • Is life worth living if you are so deformed you cannot "live"?  Unless any of us here walk in her shoes then our opinions mean nothing.  She gave her informed consent and since I did work at CCF (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) they covered all their legal bases for sure.  Heck if you …

• The politics behind the pink ribbon

  Wed Oct 22, 2008
  • Go powersgrandma when you are a breast cancer thriver you cannot tell me where to put my donations - I have a trust set up in my will for my half of our estate to go to funding mammos for the low income or uninsured. 15 years and kicking ass.

• The politics behind the pink ribbon

  Wed Oct 22, 2008
  • OK now that I put the numbers out there, I am an RN, I am a 15 year breast cancer thriver as Olivia Newton John calls it, I have worked for Komen, I have walked in the Breast Cancer 3 Day, and I just recently joined the armyofwomen.org which is Susan Love's and Avon's study to get 1 million women …

• The politics behind the pink ribbon

  Wed Oct 22, 2008
  • 3 million women in the United States are living with breast cancer right now.  Only 2 million of them know it.  It is a number's game.  Unfortunately the cancers that have a lower percentage of occurring in our bodies get less funding.  Look at the numbers I just …

• The politics behind the pink ribbon

  Wed Oct 22, 2008
  • As a, RN, a 15 years survivor, advocate, phone counselor on a breast cancer hotline, and a woman who walked 60 miles in the 3-Day walk 2 years ago I just joined the armyofwomen.org which is Susan Love's and Avon's research baby to get to the causes of breast cancer and prevention.  …