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Dr. Bailey’s Passion for Breast Cancer Advocacy

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Breast cancer hit me hard with shock and terror in 2013. It’s still front and center in my life with gratitude and acceptance. I survived, I learned, my life changed, and I met some amazing people that I oth...

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How to Detect Breast Cancer Yourself

By Cynthia Bailey MD

It is important for women to know how to detect breast cancer yourself. I know that if I had not done a self breast exam, I would have died from aggressive breast cancer. In between mammograms and doctor vis...

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5 Year Cancerversary – The Survival Milestone After High-Grade, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer!

By Cynthia Bailey MD

A 5 year Cancerversary is huge for people surviving high grade triple negative breast cancer. This cancer is so bad that it kills fast when it kills. Yes, I had really bad cancer, so living just five years i...

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Chemotherapy Port Scars

By Cynthia Bailey MD

When my oncologist told me I needed a chemo port as part of cancer treatment, I was in shock. Port placement was the first procedure followed by many surgeries, and 4 months of hardcore chemo. I wasn’t sure I was going to survive the cancer. But if I did, I sure did not want an ugly horizontal scar to remind me of cancer forever.

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Thriving, Part 5. Become a Cancer Thrivor by Putting Your Health First

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Becoming a Cancer Thrivor by Putting Your Health First is the last in my 5-part blog series called The Thriving Series. We are nearing the end of October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In this 5-pa...

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Thriving, Part 4. Thriving With Cancer Means "Letting" People Help

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Going from asking to survive breast cancer to actually becoming a thrivor of breast cancer was a process that meant taking risks. I'm sharing my story with you and people suffering from breast cancer - and a...

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Thriving, Part 3. Breast Cancer Forced Me to Jump into The Abyss

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Moving from breast cancer victim to survivor, and then thrivor, required that I let go of control. It is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this blog article is Part 3 of my Thriving Series, The Thriving Ser...

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Thriving, Part 2. How I Went from Feeling Like a Victim of Breast Cancer to a Thrivor

By Cynthia Bailey MD

How do you go from survivor to thrivor with breast cancer? This is the first week of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October. And this blog article is Part 2 of The Thriving Series.,I am breast cancer survivo...

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Thriving, Part 1. From Surviving to Thriving With Breast Cancer in 2016

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Asking to go from surviving to thriving with breast cancer is not asking too much, in my opinion. Have you or someone you love been hit with the diagnosis of breast cancer? Odds are you have because this yea...

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Understanding Hair Changes During Chemotherapy

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Hair loss is one of the most emotionally painful parts of the cancer treatment experience for many. Nothing screams "I have cancer!" louder than a bald head and a face without brows and lashes. As a chemothe...

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Cold Cap Chemo: a Doctor’s Personal Experience

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Cold cap chemo as a dermatologist with breast cancer - I didn't see this coming! My experience with using cold caps during chemotherapy turned out to be a comfort to me when I was treated for breast cancer. ...

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The BRCA Genes and Breast Cancer: Facts to Help Save Lives

By Cynthia Bailey MD

There's a lot of buzz around the BRCA genes. If you follow what happened with Angelina Jolie-Pitt, you know she helped bring these genes and their mutation to the forefront of cancer conversations. At the sa...

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