For years, doctors have been telling breast cancer patients to avoid lifting weights after surgery. The reasoning was that lifting could exacerbate symptoms of lymphedema, arm and hand swelling that many women experience after surgery. New research proves these well-meaning docs wrong.

A recent lymphedema study, published in the August 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, found that breast cancer survivors who lift weights are in better shape when it comes to experiencing symptoms of lymphedema. Compared to their non-weightlifting peers, women who lifted weights after surgery were less likely to experience worsening symptoms of lymphedema.
Researchers from …read more

The leader in performance apparel and footwear – Under Armour- has launched its 5th annual “Power in Pink” campaign.
These, I got from Allison Blass (New Media Coordinator, MWW Group):
As part of the “Power in Pink” campaign, Under Armour is encouraging survivors and women currently living with breast cancer to share their inspirational stories of strength and survival at www.underarmour.com/powerinpink.
Under Armour will select three stories of undeniable courage to become the new faces of the “Power in Pink” campaign and star in national magazine and online advertisements and in-store visuals. Stories will be accepted through April 30, 2008.
In 2003, Under …read more

How was your weekend people? Mine was just terrible, I was locked up inside the house. It has been raining non-stop the last week, including this weekend. A
t least on that front, my weekend just sucked. Otherwise, everything is good – great – in fact!
Meanwhile, I received the following email from Dianna McPhail (Designer of Maizy Grace):
Hello,
I want to tell you how much I like your website. I wish that when I had surgery I would have had a resource like this to go to.
I would like to encourage you to visit our website at www.maizygrace.com.
I am the …read more

Yearly mammograms for breast cancer survivors? Just thinking of the procedure make me cringe. Though I cannot imagine, women must dread going for mammograms.
However, yearly mammograms protect breast cancer survivors: according to a study in the July 20, 2007 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, older women who get yearly mammograms after treatment of early-stage breast cancer are less likely to die from breast cancer.
According to Rebecca Silliman, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine and public health at Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health:
“An important finding of this study is that not all older women who are …read more