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The 4 Books that I Found To Be The Most Helpful During Breast Cancer
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The 4 Books that I Found To Be The Most Helpful During Breast Cancer

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Claudia Schmidt, a working mom with two amazing college age kids, writes about life after her breast cancer experience in February of 2010. Claudia’s work has been featured on BlogHer, BA50 and Midlife Boulevard. She lives in bucolic Clinton, New Jersey with her husband, two teens, their dog (Tucker) and cat (Maverick). Follow her on Twitter @claudoo , Facebook or Pinterest

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Part 2 On Reconstruction

Part 2 On Reconstruction

For my breast reconstruction, I elected to do the Expanders with Implants procedure. And here’s where I can tell you details, since I went through it myself.  It’s kind of gross, so if you’re feeling squeamish, skip the next few paragraphs.  Ok, you’ve been forewarned. My breast surgeon and my plastic surgeon both conducted this […]

The Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

The Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

On Saturday we watched the 2014 Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.  It was filled with a gold mine of icons from my youth like Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens, Hall & Oates, The E Street Band and Nirvana.  OK, so Kiss was also inducted, but I’ve never been too big on […]

New Swedish Study Released on Dense Breasts

New Swedish Study Released on Dense Breasts

“The only medicine for suffering, crime and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.” –Thomas Huxley There was an article in today’s US News and World Report about dense breasts called Dense Breasts May Be Linked to Cancer Recurrence.  It reports on a Swedish study, presented on Wednesday at the European Breast Cancer Conference in […]

The 4 Books that I Found To Be The Most Helpful During Breast Cancer

The 4 Books that I Found To Be The Most Helpful During Breast Cancer

I love to read and one of the side benefits of having breast cancer was that I had time where I couldn’t do anything but read for hours on end during chemo and it’s aftermath.  Here are my 4 favorite books that helped me during this time. Immediately below are the two books that helped […]

It’s Over!  Woo hoo!

It’s Over! Woo hoo!

“Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.” — Marianne Williamson Surgery is over and I’m home and feeling great! And in true Claudia fashion, to make it all just that much more dramatic, last Wednesday night I got slammed with what sure felt like the […]

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