http://gawilli.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/its-different-now/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:15:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://gawilli.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/its-different-now/#comment-1658 Chained « milk&honey Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:12:35 +0000 http://gawilli.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/its-different-now/#comment-1658 [...] forty years ago, when my gram found a lump, they did a radical mastectomy (my mom wrote about that here). No mammograms, no ultrasounds, no lumpectomy. Just… [...] [...] forty years ago, when my gram found a lump, they did a radical mastectomy (my mom wrote about that here). No mammograms, no ultrasounds, no lumpectomy. Just… [...]

]]> http://gawilli.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/its-different-now/#comment-1325 samibear Tue, 29 May 2007 21:30:52 +0000 http://gawilli.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/its-different-now/#comment-1325 Yes, things are different now. I remember how it was then. A woman could go in and not know until she woke whether they removed her breast or not. Now we can make that decision ourselves. A friend recently did just that. It turned out she had to have both breasts removed. She chose to have reconstruction at the same time. She had her first chemo treatment last Wednesday. She feels optimistic and is in remarkably good spirits. She is amazing! We are in a club together and every month at roll call we're asked to tell if we did our breast check. It is good to be accountable to someone. Thank you for this post. I had put the way it used to be out of my mind. It is nice to be reminded how things were back in the day... Yes, things are different now. I remember how it was then. A woman could go in and not know until she woke whether they removed her breast or not. Now we can make that decision ourselves. A friend recently did just that. It turned out she had to have both breasts removed. She chose to have reconstruction at the same time. She had her first chemo treatment last Wednesday. She feels optimistic and is in remarkably good spirits. She is amazing!
We are in a club together and every month at roll call we’re asked to tell if we did our breast check. It is good to be accountable to someone. Thank you for this post. I had put the way it used to be out of my mind. It is nice to be reminded how things were back in the day…

]]> http://gawilli.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/its-different-now/#comment-1322 Maya's Granny Tue, 29 May 2007 06:08:29 +0000 http://gawilli.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/its-different-now/#comment-1322 I'm so glad that your results were so positively negative. I’m so glad that your results were so positively negative.

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