Breast Cancer

Cancer is an overwhelming disease; as much an emotional roller coaster as a frightening physical process. Confusion is a natural by-product of diagnosis.

Five Myths include: 1) Everyone will know that I have breast implants 2) Implants must be replaced every 5 to 10 years. 3) I will have to change my lifestyle or activities. 4) A large enough implant will correct droopy breasts. 5) Implants feel unnaturally firm.

You have breast cancer. Even though you may have heard the statistics, know that one in eight American women will hear those words at some point in her lifetime, you probably never thought it would be you.

Among the most pressing issues for women who have had mastectomies is breast reconstruction. These women don't simply want to stay alive; they want to live.

Her breast lump was small. So small that Kathi Wilson's first two doctors did not even pursue testing it. They felt the likelihood of cancer at age 32 was very slim. "No one wanted to believe I had cancer at such a young age."

Breast thermography is a clinical diagnostic procedure which uses highly specialized infra red cameras to measure the heat coming from the body, in this case, the breast.