Blogs about: Prophylactic

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BRCA1/2, prostate cancer, and the Angelina Jolie effect2 comments

Sitemaster wrote 2 days ago: According to an article in The Sunday Times in the UK over the weekend, a well-known surgeon in the … more →

Tags: Diagnosis, Management, Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment, Surgery, Risk, Treatment, BRCA1, BRCA2

BRCA 1 and 2- What Does It All Mean??

Diagnostic Imaging Centers, P.A. wrote 1 week ago: Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Emw; Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0 Doctor: “You have perfec … more →

Tags: new technologies, preventive care, BRCA, BRCA1, BRCA2, breast, breasts, Caring, Centers

Nipple delay8 comments

Mogatos wrote 1 week ago: Wondering what a nipple delay is? I was too! I hadn’t heard of this procedure until Angelina J … more →

Tags: All, Random, Angelina Jolie, Blood supply, BRCA, breast cancer, Hyperbaric, mastectomy, necrosis

Angelina Jolie, BRCA1 carrier, shares about her double mastectomy

teawithmd wrote 1 week ago: Angelina Jolie is perhaps best known for her acting and directing, her husband Brad Pitt, her work w … more →

Tags: Current Events, Inspirational, Health education, breast cancer, Angelina Jolie, New York Times, breast, mastectomy, Surgery

They're back - second expansion7 comments

Mogatos wrote 1 month ago: WARNING: NSFW / graphic content below. Another expansion done! We added 75ccs to each expander, for … more →

Tags: All, recovering from surgery, breast cancer, breast reconstruction, Plastic Surgery, mastectomy, Tissue Expansion, CCS, Mastectomy blog

April 10-----Copper Objects and Surfaces Prevent Infection

bearspawprint wrote 1 month ago: Copper Surfaces Reduce the Rate of Health Care-Acquired Infections in the ICU Apr. 9, 2013 — Placeme … more →

Tags: Health 2, MRSA, wounds and healing, indection, infection prevention, copper, trauma, surgical, bacteria

Emergency surgery in the morning.3 comments

laurennicole333 wrote 1 month ago: I went to the PS this morning for a fill. I knew with the scab there, she may not fill my left one a … more →

Tags: health, BRCA 2, BRCA, PBM, mastectomy, BRCA-1, Surgery, healing, bilateral

“Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood.”15 comments

Jet Black wrote 2 months ago: – William Shakespeare, King Lear Okay, that’s it for the supremely apt (with the corrupt … more →

Tags: myeloma, abscess, antibiotic, Back..., birthmark, Blog, Boil, bone marrow biopsy, Broad-spectrum antibiotic

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy2 comments

Mogatos wrote 3 months ago: WARNING: NSFW / graphic content below. Tissue or skin necrosis is one of the risks associated with a … more →

Tags: All, recovering from surgery, bilateral mastectomy, Decompression Sickness, HBOT, healing, Hyperbaric Medicine, necrosis, recovery

Resource highlight

Mogatos wrote 3 months ago: My Destiny While there are countless resources online available to those who are preparing or have a … more →

Tags: All, Random, BRCA, breast cancer, health, Kim Richardson Emery, Lisa Sousa, mastectomy, Non-profit

Thousands of Years of Condoms1 comment

Summer Joy wrote 3 months ago: Whether you like them made of latex, rubber, sheep, lamb or goat intestines, linen, fish skin, thin … more →

Tags: Human Sexuality, sexual orientation, Women's Sexuality, Love, Relationships, reproduction, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Sexual Health

Keeping my eye on the ball14 comments

Jet Black wrote 4 months ago: One of the vulnerabilities for patients after a donor transplant is Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). Ac … more →

Tags: myeloma, stem cell transplant, Immune system, antibiotic, NEBULISER, allogeneic stem cell transplant, mini-allo, suppressed immune system, Immune Suppression

Do this... or RISK getting the FLU this season!15 comments

benrolnik wrote 5 months ago: This regime has safeguarded me against illness for ALMOST AN ENTIRE YEAR…. and if you know any … more →

Tags: Mysticism, Motivation 2, Poetry, Health 2, Review, Fun 2, Philosophy, Inspiration, spirituality

Speed bump2 comments

Mogatos wrote 5 months ago: I have been seeing the breast surgeon since the spots showed up on the ultrasound in March. I expect … more →

Tags: All, health, mastectomy surgery, breast reconstruction, plastic surgeon, hospital

Need to know basis

Mogatos wrote 6 months ago: Hubby has obviously been in on it since the first time the phrase “prophylactic bilateral mast … more →

Tags: All, My Story !, health, mastectomy surgery, breast cancer, breast reconstruction, ovarian cancer

But why?3 comments

Mogatos wrote 6 months ago: I never really worried or thought much about cancer until my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer … more →

Tags: All, My Story !, health, mastectomy surgery, breast cancer, breast reconstruction, genetic test, BRCA, fibrocystic disease

You're doing WHAT?

Mogatos wrote 6 months ago: January 22, 2013.  Seems so far away, but I know it’ll be here before I know it.  That’s the day I’m … more →

Tags: All, My Story !, health, mastectomy surgery, breast cancer, breast reconstruction, Plastic Surgery, Surgery

A Romp Through the History of the American Condom1 comment

seekingthesublime wrote 9 months ago: By Hunter Oatman-Stanford Right now, all across the country, people are having sex, just for the fun … more →

Tags: History, Condom, American, Rubber, sheath

Wittgenstein Goes to Senegal4 comments

adrianraph wrote 9 months ago: Hey again internet! Time for another post about my predeparture experiences, this time with a focus … more →

Tags: Predeparture, Senegal, Princeton, Bridge Year Program, malaria, mefloquine, Wittgenstein, mosquito net, malaria prophylactic


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