would watch the woman I would now address as my own mother as she develops breast cancer. She was able to fight long enough to defeat the persistent disease only once‚ but now her and I knew the focus would not be on her‚ but to plan for the future. Thomas was raised a very happy-go-lucky boy without a worry in the world and that is exactly how his mother and I expected to keep him. When his mother developed breast cancer the second time she was given only a month to live‚ something we would not
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your work for years as a breast cancer specialist and patient advocate. I admire and appreciate everything you do and wanted to reach out for some advice. My wife Michelle was diagnosed with ovarian cancer six years ago. She was very lucky because it was caught early and she’s doing very well. I experienced a feeling of helplessness and I just wanted to make it go away. I saw firsthand what it did to her mental and physical well-being. She did manage to find wonderful cancer support groups that helped
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mammograms to be analysed make such readings labour intensive‚ cost ineffective‚ and often inaccurate. The sensitivity of the human eye in interpreting large numbers of images decreases with increasing number of cases‚ particularly when only a small number of those images shows abnormalities. Therefore‚ it is useful to construct computer systems to aid early diagnosis of breast cancer with mammography. An automated computer system could evaluate all mammograms and point out the areas which are detected
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out there have known someone with cancer or have fought the disease yourselves? It’s almost impossible to find someone who hasn’t been touched by this disease in one way or another. Unfortunately‚ even the treatments for cancer these days are quite serious. Some of the most common treatments such as chemotherapy come with a wide range of severe side effects that make them almost as bad as the cancers themselves. Needless to say it makes sense to try to avoid cancer at all costs. While you are probably
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Luis F Vega Jr NUR 1211 Breast Cancer Case Study Mrs. Thomas‚ a 57 year old married lawyer‚ was found to have a 4 X 6 cm firm‚ fixed mass in the upper‚ outer quadrant of the right breast during a routine physical examination‚ and a stereotactic core biopsy indicated a malignant tumor. Although the surgeon recommended a mastectomy because of the size of the tumor‚ Mrs. Thomas chose to have a lumpectomy. Now three weeks postoperative‚ she is scheduled for chemotherapy. Subjective Data Never
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My mother has always told me that anything in life is achievable as long as I work for it. That was her life philosophy‚ even when she developed breast cancer. It was difficult watching her go through chemo-therapy‚ seeing such a strong-willed woman be sapped of her strength. I noticed the gradual changes; first the dark baggy circles under the lid of her eyes‚ then wrinkles began to settle in. It was as if she was aging at an accelerated rate‚ but little did I know‚ there was a war brewing within
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Jean Watson: Caring Science as Sacred Science Biography • Born in West Virginia in the 1940’s • Graduated from the Lewis Gale School of Nursing in Roanoke‚ Virginia in 1961 • BS degree University of Colorado at Boulder in 1964 • MS degree in psychiatric and mental health nursing in 1966 • Ph.D. in educational psychology and counselling in 1973 • Distinguished Professor of Nursing and holds an endowed Chair in Caring Science at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center • Founder
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Cancer can sound extremely bad if we aren’t well informed about the topic‚ but is cancer really bad as is sounds? Cancer can also be meaning to tumors in your body‚ with Cancer there’s no giving place where cancer starts exactly at‚ cancer can start almost anywhere in the body (1). What is cancer exactly? Cancer is the division and growth of cells surrounding the tissues. (1). With this type of disease what happens to the body is the lack of energy through the day‚ although cancer isn’t painful
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leukemia‚ someone’s wife battling breast cancer‚ or someone’s grandmother battling lung cancer‚ ultimately they are all fighting the same battle against the same deadly opponent; cancer. It takes a special kind of person to have the courage to challenge cancer and in my eyes anyone with such bravery is considered a hero. At a young age I was exposed to the wrath of cancer and its powerful effects on a family. Seeing the emotional toll on not only those with cancer but also the families of those loved
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Breast cancer will met to the bone and brain lung and liver Risk factors: menarche b4 12 menopause after 55 obesity high fat diet family hist 1st degree relative birth of 1st child after 30 birth control pills and hrt ( Dr should be notified cause can make breast dense and harder to image) S/S: lumps in breast increased vascularity breast pain or soreness nipple retraction or ulceration Screening: breast self exam 7-10 days after menses
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