Category Archives: Patient’s Perspective

Mother’s Day Retrospective – Embrace Tomorrow!

  Mother’s Day marked the first anniversary of the Baptist Health Breast Center blog. Here’s a quick glance at how far we have come, one blog post at a time: Over 100 blog posts have addressed lymphedema, survivorship, connection between … Continue reading

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What My Mother Would Have Said About My Breast Cancer

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer over five years ago, my mother had been deceased for almost 14 years and my father for 24. I often think about her and what it would have been like if she was … Continue reading

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I Need My Mommy – A Mother’s Day Tribute

When I first got my breast cancer diagnosis, I thought: I need my mommy!One second later, I thought: OH, NO…. I’M A MOMMY! My daughter had just turned 10 a few weeks earlier.  All that I could think of was, … Continue reading

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A Mother’s Day Poem

My Mother Mother listened to the stories That each child wanted to tell. She listened quite enraptured For she knew it made our chests swell. She listened time and again Without nary a jeer. To the problems that we each … Continue reading

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WHAT A MOM THINKS

At age 36, I was placed in one of the most difficult situations I ever had to face: I had to tell both my mom and my daughters about my Stage IV breast cancer diagnosis. I didn’t know which would … Continue reading

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