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Kisses and Much More

by Christine Horner, MD Perhaps one of your favorite activities is putting up the mistletoe during the Holidays and getting a special someone to give you a kiss. But did you know that mistletoe can also help you if you have breast cancer? Yes—kisses really do help you to heal, but mistletoe offers much more. […]

Financial Wellness After Breast Cancer

by Beverly Vote God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.  — Joel Osteen, Joel Osteen Ministries Being diagnosed with breast cancer can have devastating effect in all areas of our life, physical, personal, emotional – and financial. Many of us never […]

Be a Thriver!

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”  — C. G. Jung By Beverly Vote I learned how Dad and I were disabling you. These words were a defining moment in my healing journey. How I looked at my life and how I took care of […]

The Thriving Caregiver

by Tambre Leighn MA, CPC, ELI-MP, Paula Holland De Long ACC, CPCC, and Sharon Roth-Lichtenfeld ACC, CPC, ELI-MP Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.  — Theodore Roosevelt Spouse, significant other, child, relative or friend, when someone you love hears the words, “you have breast cancer,” you are unexpectedly […]

Claim Your Blessings

by Maimah Karmo “I don’t want the world to see me, ‘cause I don’t think they’d understand. When everything’s made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am.” — Goo Goo Dolls, “Iris” Screaming in silence, I felt my world collapse around me when I heard those four words, “you have […]

Lymphatic Care After Breast Surgery

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ADVERTORIAL — “When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier.” — Diane Von Furstenberg Our lymphatic system helps to fight diseases by filtering toxins and bacteria out of our body.  It also supports and empowers our immune system. Maintaining a healthier immune system is very important for the body to resist infections, […]

Hot ‘n’ Healthy Cup of Cocoa

For centuries, hot cocoa has been a comforting drink, great for rainy days, sipping after making the best snowman on your street, sharing with friends and family or enjoying in solitude. Cocoa contains less fat than most hot chocolates and is high in antioxidants. 1 cup milk (nut milk or organic unprocessed milk) 1 1/2 […]

Your Shelvic Exam

What a healthy and nutritiously stocked kitchen looks like by David Grotto, RD, LDN, author of The Best Things You Can Eat True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, and in our communities. All health care is personal. — Mehmet Oz M.D. After years […]

Breast Friends

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Breast Friends Affiliate Support Group. Meets second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at CareLinc Home Medical Equipment and Supply, 205 Bell Ave, Cadillac MI. Contact Robin Mosher at 231-775-7143, rmosher@carelincmed.com No one should go this alone!