After Breast Cancer

We Need Your Help to Make a Difference! Squeezing more out of life, a breast cancer survivor story I have had the privilege of getting into contact with some amazing and special people from after BREAST CANCER. It helps people who don’t have breast cancer understand why it’s still important to care. It’s hard for me to understand what it’s like to have breast cancer, or what that might feel like. It’s hard for every person who doesn’t have breast cancer, to understand what it’s like to have it.

All women produce fewer fertile eggs as they age and eventually stop making fertile eggs at menopause. Some women who have normal periods after chemotherapy may be able to get pregnant with no trouble while others may have difficulty getting pregnant. To reduce the chances of getting pregnant with an egg damaged by chemotherapy, it’s important to wait at least 6 months to start trying to get pregnant after treatment. Chemotherapy does increase the risk of birth defects so doctors advise non-hormonal birth control throughout chemotherapy so you don’t become pregnant through treatment.

If you’re just starting treatment for breast cancer, it can be hard to tell the difference between pain caused by the cancer itself, pain caused by treatments and any pain that is of concern. If you’ve already completed treatment for breast cancer, it can feel very disconcerting to experience pain in the affected breast or your other breast. Pain management for breast cancer includes medications and therapies such as: For the majority of patients, medications will be a central part of the treatment plan for pain management for breast cancer. Remember, your pain management for breast cancer plan can be changed at any time Keeping a pain diary can help your doctors and nurses develop the best pain management for breast cancer plan for you.

after BREAST CANCER has provided over: * 1550 post-operative mastectomy bras and mastectomy camisoles as well as Our mission is to make sure that women have access to basic necessities after breast cancer. Here are some examples of ways you can help: Through our charity, we support women in healing and this support requires community partnerships and considerable financial investment. After Breast Cancer 1292 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, ON, M6E 1C1 Our annual Pink Diamond Fundraising Gala is the city’s most stylish event in support of After Breast Cancer and S|HE Thrives programs. after BREAST CANCER is selling calendars and t-shirts in support of our efforts to eliminate stress from women’s lives as they thrive from breast cancer.