Buddy Check

October may be over – and with it another wildly successful year for Breast Cancer Awareness – but unfortunately that doesn’t mean breast cancer goes away until next fall. It’s still here in November and in the daily lives of millions of women (and quite a few men). One of the strategies used to combat this disease is early detection, …

Mystery Word Winner!!!

Did you find the hidden Mystery Word in the Oct. 7 issue, the one with Susan Goodman on the cover? Well, you weren’t the only one. But the only winner, to borrow a word from Charlie Sheen, is Cy Li. The one Cy Li. The only Cy Li. I mean, how many Cy Li‘s do you know? Ten? Five? None? …

Ribbons, ribbons, more ribbons

There are dozens of various ribbons of remembrance. What do they all mean? Face it: after pink ribbons, most of us are pretty clueless. And you hate to ask. What if you ask someone what their little lapel ribbon denotes and they reply, “It’s a protest against nosy people who ask stupid questions,” and the next thing you know your …

Mystery Word Winner!

Congratulations to Highly Supreme and Exalted Word Sleuthster Kelly Highland. He managed to locate the cleverly concealed Mystery Word in the September 16 Medical Examiner. The word was “infirmary,” and it was hidden in the page 7 ad for Wild Wing Cafe. Among other goodies, Kelly scores a $20 Wild Wing gift certificate. There he can order a salad that …

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Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month getting too racy?

In this week’s Medical Examiner we note that not long ago — think Betty Ford — it was considered courageous to discuss the subject of breast cancer in public. It was instead a deep, dark secret. Today we have organizations who support breast cancer research with such slogans as “Save the Ta-Tas,” “Fightin’ for Fun Bags,” and “I [Heart] Boobies.” …

My Story

The following “Medicine in the First Person” story originally appeared in the Medical Examiner in October of 2007. My name is Deseree Cundiff. I am a single 29 year old mom. I have a wonderful son that is 8 years old. This is the story about my life with breast cancer. It all began one day in November of 2004, …