Jbug, here's to wishing your dear sister prompt treatment and full recovery from breast cancer. Yes, it's your turn to "do" for her, although it sounds like she'll do as much of the doing as she can herself.

My mom had it, twice, both mastectomies, and is doing well at age 75 and physically active at my folks' horse farm.

My administrative assistant also has it, did not have a mastectomy, but is still in chemo treatment. She found it herself and not in a check-up and promptly reported it to her doctor, and they quickly started treatment.

Another colleague of mine is already 6 months past his targeted kick-the-bucket date after a year and a half from esophagus cancer. His prognosis was dim, supposedly a year tops, since it had metastasized, but his treatments have held it in check as he has dedicated himself to charitable causes, particularly for children with AIDS.

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