http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/a-few-notes-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month/ Breastfeeding 1-2-3: A Blog for Breastfeeding Tips and Support Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:12:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/a-few-notes-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month/comment-page-1/#comment-3802 Jill Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:12:18 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/a-few-notes-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month/#comment-3802 A note I want to add on advocating -- both for a cause and for yourself: my friend in whose memory I walked for the Breast Cancer 3-Day found her lump both times herself, way up near her collar bone. The second time, she was pregnant and her doctors told her TWO DIFFERENT TIMES that it was probably either a plugged duct or scar tissue from her previous lumpectomy, and sent her home. She went back and absolutely insisted they do a biopsy, and, as she suspected, the cancer was back. If she hadn't been her own health advocate, she could have gone months or years longer before having doctors know what was happening in her body. Please listen to your body and your instincts and respectfully but persistently insist on what tests and care you know you need! A note I want to add on advocating — both for a cause and for yourself: my friend in whose memory I walked for the Breast Cancer 3-Day found her lump both times herself, way up near her collar bone. The second time, she was pregnant and her doctors told her TWO DIFFERENT TIMES that it was probably either a plugged duct or scar tissue from her previous lumpectomy, and sent her home. She went back and absolutely insisted they do a biopsy, and, as she suspected, the cancer was back. If she hadn’t been her own health advocate, she could have gone months or years longer before having doctors know what was happening in her body. Please listen to your body and your instincts and respectfully but persistently insist on what tests and care you know you need!

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/a-few-notes-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month/comment-page-1/#comment-3804 Jill Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:56:59 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/a-few-notes-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month/#comment-3804 You were so supportive in posting about my efforts to fund raise for and participate in the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk - thank you again, both for your post and your generous donation. I'm so pleased to be able to report that I raised over $4,200 and made it through all 60 miles last weekend! It was a wonderful, inspiring, emotional, fun, exhausting experience. I was pleased to see that they had great services for beastfeeding walkers, so they could pump and store milk in camp and along the route. You were so supportive in posting about my efforts to fund raise for and participate in the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk – thank you again, both for your post and your generous donation. I’m so pleased to be able to report that I raised over $4,200 and made it through all 60 miles last weekend! It was a wonderful, inspiring, emotional, fun, exhausting experience. I was pleased to see that they had great services for beastfeeding walkers, so they could pump and store milk in camp and along the route.

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