My Breast Friend: Toddler
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What to Do for a Friend with Breast Cancer?
Asked by M.D. from Portland
on February 7, 2008
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Unfortunately a family friend was just diagnosed with breast cancer and is having a mastectomy. Does anyone know someone who has gone through this? If so, what can a...
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- Norma's Challange is a wonderful source with a group of ladies who have been thru this themselves. Their number is listed in the phone book. They can be very helpful ...
- I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy in November 2005. I had further surgeries in 2006 to reconstruct a new breast. Here's what helped me. 1. T...
- Give the daughters alot of talk, and support, and just be there if you can cook dinner, answer the phone calls, so that she doesn't have to talk about it all the time....
Best Friend Has Breast Cancer
Asked by M.S. from Wausau
on January 20, 2009
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My 42-year old best friend found out the day after Christmas she has breast cancer. She had the lumpectomy today. They found the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes. ...
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- Hi M., What a great friend you are! I am a 10 year survivor myself. Encourage her to read, it's a great way to take the mind to a different place. My grown daughte...
- I've also been through breast cancer with MY best friend. I live in a different state than her, so the best I could do was long distance support. I shaved my head with...
- My sister just finished her breast cancer battle and lives several hours away. She referred to me as her "caseworker" because at every step along the way, I would res...
What to Do for My Friend with Breast Cancer
Asked by M.W. from Boston
on August 5, 2008
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My friend, who is 38, has breast cancer. she had a double mastectomy a month ago & will start chemotherapy treatment in the early fall. She has 3 young children & a ve...
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- My mother had breast cancer as well. What she loved the most was to get out and feel normal for a minute. Once a week we would go out for a couple of hours TJ Max, B...
- Would she like a massage? Can you arrange for a personal chef to come in and prepare a week's worth of meals? Arrange a cleaning service with some other friends--che...
- M., I know the struggle that all involved have to go through and I have a great idea. My mom died of breast cancer when I was ten years old. I don't have even one pict...
Newborn & 14 Month Old
Asked by A.H. from Washington DC
on February 17, 2008
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I'm wondering what it's like to come home from the hospital from a c-section with a newborn to a 14 month old. We have family keeping our son while I'm in the hospita...
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- Just like Dianne said, you are having major abdominal surgery! Yes, you definitely will want help. You won't be able to lift your 14 month old and you will want to g...
- It is doable just different. I have 3 14 months between the first two and 16 between the second and the third. I work my husband stays home . Planning is key. Give you...
- Hi A. - I was in the same situation as you a few months ago. For me, recovering from a c-section the second time around was much more difficult and took longer. On to...
Weening My 17 Month Old Daughter from Co-sleeping and Breast Feeding.
Asked by J.L. from Portland
on February 13, 2010
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I have a beautiful 17 month old little girl that is the sparkle of my eye. I love her very much and I am so glad that I decided to breast feed her. It has been an amaz...
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- I would suggest tackling one thing at time. And I think the nursing at night is logically (I cringe when I use that word with nursing) the first. Get a "binky" and pop...
- I think it depends if you have other risk factors. Nursing can cause uterine contractions. Last year I was pregnant with twins and was told to wean my son, I think mai...
- Nursing will not hurt your pregnancy. You could continue nursing her to sleep. A broken u p night is what is very difficult especially when you may be extra tired be...
Friend Having Difficulty Weening off Breast
Asked by D.K. from Chicago
on August 2, 2008
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My good Friend starts back at work next month and her daughter refuses to take a bottle, she has tried several bottles including bottles that are $13 and several diffe...
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- They are little buggers aren't they? So young and a mind of their own. My little guy tried to pull that stunt, I had a nephew that did it and a good friend's baby. ...
- I wanted to let you know that sometimes it takes getting into a routine. I in the past have used the platex bottleswith the plastic sleeves. They were great as far as ...
- Well, it does depend if she is trying to wean entirely to formula, or just trying to get the baby through the day while she is at work. If she's trying to wean enti...
Friend with Breast Cancer :(
Asked by J.S. from Minneapolis
on July 15, 2010
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I found out today that a woman I used to work with has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She lives in a different state from me now, and we really are just "facebook...
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- Obvisouly my situation is going to be different but I will tell you my story. My mother in law was diagnosed with breast cancer about 4 years ago, knowing she would lo...
- When my friend was diagnosed I put together a care package for her. I think I found info on the Susan G Komen site but things like plastic forks and spoons (in pink p...
- My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer twice (most recently in Dec) and everyone you can imagine sent her cards, flowers, jewelry, edible arrangements, etc. The o...
Seeking Gift Ideas for Friend Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Asked by D.H. from Dallas
on September 28, 2008
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I have a friend who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She is having a mastectomy next week and I am looking for thoughtful gift ideas to provide for her over the...
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- Lotions and body washes. Anything to make her feel special. I would also donate to the Susan G. Komen in her name. I recently lost a very dear co worker to breast canc...
- Either hire someone to clean her house for her, or clean it for her, bring her meals, or go get some frozen meals that she can keep in her freezer and use when she needs.
- I was 50 also when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had a big surprise birthday party on the weekend and surgery on Monday, March 20, 1996. I am a 12 year survivo...
Breast Feeding
Asked by I.R. from New York
on October 30, 2009
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does breast pump hurt...?
my friend told me it hurts alot...
and is breast feeding painful too..???
what shall i do incase it hurts..??
first time mom to be her...
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- Very good question! It depends on the woman. Neither should hurt at all but it does feel a little wierd in the beginning. If either hurt, especially nursing, someth...
- I remember reading that it can take up to six weeks for your body to get used to breastfeeding. It took just about that long for me to be pain free, but the benefits ...
- Honestly, yes it hurts in the beginning, until you get the hang of it. With my first, I got a cracked nipple, so it was extremely painful to nurse until it healed. S...
Need Advice on Being a Good Friend to My BFF with Breast Cancer
Asked by S.H. from Los Angeles
on September 3, 2009
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My best friend in the whole world recently found out she has breast cancer. She is only 33 and has 4 young kids at home (the youngest was 2 days old when she found ou...
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- Hi S., I am sorry to hear of the situation. It is tough, but so many have beaten it...as well as the depression. I am sure you want to be with her, but it can be ...
- Hi S., I am so sorry to hear about your best friend in the whole wide world having cancer. I have just been through my best friend in the whole wide world having c...
- Hi S., I am so sorry to hear about your best friend. A couple of years ago, a very dear friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer as well. What I did for he...
