Mastectomy

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I couldn’t get out of my head the thought that I was going to lose Mom again. We were all with her when she had mastectomy last December. What’s ahead is that which we fear - 6 months of chemotherapy which will start in March. I don’t know where all of this is going. But I learnt from my Dad is whatever happens stay strong and focus on moving forward. I am very interested…

have been injured on the street during the bombing. Williams demonstrates her reliability by using her own family history to build ethos. As members of The Clan of One-Breasted Women, “[Her] mother, [her] grandmothers, and six aunts have all had mastectomies. Seven are dead. The two who survive have just completed rounds of chemotherapy and radiation” (Williams). This quote accredited her reliability because she had lived through the pain of watching family members suffered then eventually…

“womanish,” but everything she encounters has proven her theory. In her last letter, she writes to Russell Sandor, a writer who discusses how women’s lives often overlooked with disgust by male counterparts. He writes how he was shocked to see a mastectomy bra hanging in a shop window. Reta sent her last letter with the criticisms of how male are subjugating women and openly outraged; she expresses her anger by including her real address. Shaken from Norah’s absence, Reta reflects on the lives…

Breast cancer is one of the most commonly occurring cancers around the world. In Australia one in eight women develop cancer and one in thirty-seven dies from it (AIHW.2012) and it is the second largest cause of cancer death in Australia after Lung Cancer, (Cancer Council Australia. 2016). Breast cancer is caused by an abnormal multiplication of cells in the breast tissues that form an invasive tumour. These can damage the tissues around them and spread to other parts of the body through…

Gynecomastia Gynecomastia is enlargement or swelling of the gland tissue of the male breast due to imbalance of the hormones estrogen and testosterone. Gynecomastia occur in Newborn, teenage years, boys going through puberty and older men. Gynecomastia can affect one or both breasts. Gynecomastia isn't a serious problem, male with gynecomastia sometimes have pain in their breasts and sometime may feel embarrassed in the front of other. Gynecomastia may go away on its own. If it carry on,…

fect Genetics Home Reference. (2017). Can genes be patented? U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved from https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/testing/genepatents Grady, D., Parker-Pope, T., & Belluck, P. (2013). Jolie’s disclosure of preventive mastectomy highlights dilemma. Retrieved fromhttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/health/angelina-jolies-disclosure-highlights-a-breast-cancer-dilemma.html?_r=0 Macha, K., & McDonough, J. P. (2012). Epidemiology for advanced nursing practice. Sudbury, MA:…

Cancer is said to be a disease which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue and cells. Today cancer is a leading disease that affects people all over the world “About one in eight women in the U.S. will be affected by breast cancer at least once in their lifetime”. The chances stand that about two women in our classroom will have breast cancer at least once in their life. By learning about breast cancer you can gain knowledge and understand a disease that could possibly…

The referral process. The primary care provider does an initial exam and refers the patient to an in network breast facility for tertiary care (Stechschulte, 2016). The following tertiary care was provided at the breast facility: a mammogram performed by a RT (radiologic technologist), an ultrasound performed by RDMS (registered diagnostic medical sonographer), with all results and recommendations reviewed and agreed upon by a radiologist (Stechschulte, 2016). The primary care provider after…

By Jonas Wilson, Ing. Med. Fat Grafting Fat grafting is he medical procedure whereby fat is taken via liposuction from an unwanted or unnecessary part of the body and is grafted (i.e. transferred) to another part. In this new part of the body it can be used to fill voids, correct deformities of contour and/ or add volume. Fat grafting is advantageous in that one’s own tissue is used as opposed to foreign material or bodies and there is also the cosmetic effect of removing fat from undesired…