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 A Photo Collection of Breast Cancer Survivors’
Lumpectomies, Mastectomies, Breast Reconstructions and Thoughts on Body
Image – Second Edition is a visual resource book presenting color
photographs of and commentary from thirty breast cancer survivors mostly
from Penn State Hershey Medical Center’s Breast Cancer
Support Group in Hershey, PA.
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The
following breast cancer survivors are some of the 33 women included in
the second edition of the SHOW ME book. We hope the photographs become a
catalyst for discussion with your surgeon. It took courage for us to
express our feelings and expose our scars in this book. However, we
strongly feel this information can help you and your family in the
decision-making process--not the decisions to save your life, but the
ones to ease your mind. We feel we have given you some idea of what to
expect. And we hope you will soon be able to celebrate life again. This is our
gift to you.
-- Breast Cancer Support Group, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center
| Maggie |
Right lumpectomy, two
re-excisions, right sentinel node biopsy, followed by radiation
therapy |
| Ellen |
Left modified radical
mastectomy |
| Jacqueline |
Right modified radical
mastectomy, left prophylactic total
mastectomy |
| Françoise |
Right modified radical
mastectomy, immediate TRAM-flap reconstruction, chest wall radiation,
later lymphedema |
| Betsy |
Two earlier left biopsies,
right modified radical mastectomy with saline implant |
| Maria |
Left modified radical
mastectomy with immediate reconstruction, tissue expander, saline
implant |
Maria
(español) |
Mastectomía modificada
radical del lado izquierdo con reconstrucción inmediata, dilatador
de tejido, implante salino |
| Donna |
Right modified radical
mastectomy, bilateral Free flap with nipple construction and
tattooing |
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