Sara Kerr Reges, my best friend from childhood, is a nurse navigator who divides her time between the traumatic brain injury and breast cancer departments. Although you might think those two areas have nothing to do with each other, in Sara’s case they do. Twelve years ago, her then-eight-year-old son Charles suffered a traumatic brain injury after being hit by...
One of my best friends had a bad outcome from surgery. A devastating complication that left her emotionally and physically scarred. Irreversibly. Once she accepted the outcome, she then became angry. Not only had the technical skills been far below her expectations, but also the surgeon handled the complication by telling her that there “...was nothing else to do. Accept...
Each year for Breast Cancer Awareness Month we publish our updated 31 Interesting Facts About Breasts, a collection of fascinating tidbits about that beautiful part of the anatomy that never ceases to fascinate. This year's list includes some sobering news (one in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer in their lives) and some surprising statistics (the average American woman wears a...