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#breastcancer

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(((Cindy Weinstein)))

Where is the #care in Health Care? "Blue Cross had stranded many of the center’s patients with high bills, amounts that it had absorbed over the years. On several occasions, though, Blue Cross executives had signed special one-time deals with the center, known as single case agreements, to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment."

propublica.org/article/blue-cr

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#BreastCancer
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Linda Sgoluppi Artist

It's done and I'm back home. It was suggested I stay in hospital overnight for the pain control I'd get but I really wanted to come home. Youngest son stayed overnight and I'm very grateful for that, it felt secure if anything did go wrong. Also loved having company from son #2 during the wait from the tracer injection to going in for the surgery appointment.
Lovely care at Northampton General hospital.

Getting the canula in was a bit of a wince, (understatement) My veins do not play ball with needles! Surgery site very swollen and uncomfortable, now to healing and ten days to see if there has to be a repeat.

Do check your breasts and if there is anything unusual to you, anything, just go and get checked. As the excellent surgeon said, this did not show up on a mammogram, only via a biopsy.

Thank you for all the good wishes, they were very much appriciated.

#mastodon#Fediverse#Breastcancer
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Linda Sgoluppi Artist

Just as it was getting light this morning, I stood and had a good look at my naked body in the mirror, something I avoid doing since I got older. Tomorrow, I doubt I'll have time, so today I wanted to say a fond farewell to the part of my breast that will be removed.
I noticed the old scars, the love handles and the bumps and stretches that came from carrying three children, and from simply living. My body isn't perfect, not by any stretch, but it's mine. It tells a story. The lines, the marks, the wear and tear, they speak of love, loss, laughter, survival. I’ve got some metal bits but I’m far from bionic, and after tomorrow I’ll have more changes to carry. But I’ll still be here.
I looked at the story written on my body, the outward marks of love, happiness, pain and sadness and thought: Oh bugger it, go get some breakfast.

#Mastodon#Fediverse#Breastcancer
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Yliopistobotti

A multicentre study led by Finland has shown that lymph node transfer is a viable treatment for swelling in the affected limb, a condition known as #lymphedema, after #BreastCancer surgery. The study found that the surgery significantly improved women's quality of life.
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inflames.utu.fi/lymph-node-tra bsky.app/profile/inflames-flag #utu #yliopisto

InFLAMES Research Flagship · Lymph node transfer reduces arm swelling after breast cancer surgery - InFLAMES Research FlagshipA multicentre study led from Finland has shown that lymph node transfer is a viable treatment for the swelling in the affected limb, a condition known as lymphedema, after breast cancer surgery. However, an effective drug to improve the outcomes of the transfer treatment continues to be sought.  “I am becoming increasingly convinced that lymphedema […]
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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴

Emma Courtney is a PhD candidate studying #BreastCancer.

Under Trump's anti-#DEI EO, she can't use the words "woman," "female," "barrier," "race" in grant proposals to identify the scope of her work studying women's health or racial barriers to trtmt.

democracynow.org/2025/3/10/sta

Democracy Now! · Stand Up for Science: Nationwide Protests Oppose Trump Cuts to Research from Cancer to Climate ChangeBy Democracy Now!
#WomensHealth#Health#Science
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