If you've ever visited the website My Breast Cancer Network, part of the Health Central conglomerate of health and medical information, you know the appeal of this site is its insightful navigation menu, comprised of three helpful locators -- Find, Manage, and Connect. With a click on the Find button, you can search answers to questions, check symptoms, and locate resources. Choose Manage and you can take action, achieve goals, and resolve problems. If you wish to get advice, find support, and share your experiences, take a simple tour through the Connect community.
My Breast Cancer Network currently invites all viewers to connect with one another through a new feature: Show Us Your Chemo Style. You can simply visit this portion of the site and view photos submitted by others. Or you can submit a photo and caption of yourself, a friend, a family member. My Breast Cancer Network says it like this:
What does it mean to be confident during and after chemotherapy? Are you proud to be bald and beautiful? Does a wig, scarf or hat make sense for you and your style? We'd also love to see your new hair, as it grows back in. Share your favorite photos!
I did it -- go take a look -- and you can too.
1. I was diagnosed in early January 2007. It was a shock since I had always kept up with mamograms and even had ultrasounds done as breast cancer is no stranger to my family. I lost my mom at age 45 and her mother died at age 29 from it also. I am going through my chemotherapy with the attitude that it is just a bump in the road for now and it will soon become a new highway to the rest of my life. I will have surgery when chemo is done June. I want to add that all of you are beautiful, to be honest I feel so comfortable with no hair, it's nice and cool.
Posted at 6:17PM on Apr 24th 2007 by JoAnne Howard