Central New York Breast Cancer Resource Guide for 2016
Published in January 2016, I created this Breast Cancer Resource Guide specific for Central New York to help anyone in the area find...
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Central New York Breast Cancer Resource Guide for 2015
Published in December 2014, I created this Breast Cancer Resource Guide specific for Central New York to help anyone in the area find...
Oneida City Fire Department Raises Funds for local Breast Cancer Charity
November 2015 The Oneida City Fire Department partnered with Hope Chest for Charity Inc. to create the CNY Breast Cancer Community...
Get Some Glam Shots Before Your Mastectomy
December 5, 2013 Journal Dump #007 Today I am 3 days away from my surgery date - having a bilateral mastectomy, also known as a double...
To Fundraise or not to Fundraise for Breast Cancer
December 1, 2013 Journal Dump #006 Who to tell and when to tell. Serious questions that I pondered for quite a while in the beginning....
Handling the Fear Before Breast Cancer Surgery
November 29, 2013 Journal Dump #005 I am 10 days away from having double mastectomy surgery, scheduled for December 9th. Since hearing...
Know Before You Go. Google Everything!
November 28, 2013 Journal Dump #004 I was told by everyone who knew about my breast cancer that I was NOT to look up anything on the...
Shelly Straub Featured in the Oneida Daily Dispatch Newspaper
October 24, 2016 The Oneida Daily Dispatch issues a special supplement called Think Pink for October's breast cancer awareness month. I...
Shelly Straub Featured on The Informed Patient Podcast for Upstate Medical University
In 2015, Shelly Straub was featured on The Informed Patient Podcast for Upstate Medical University, where she shared her powerful breast...
Shelly Straub Featured on the Cover of Syracuse Woman Magazine
October 2, 2016 Journal Dump #078 I was contacted by the Editor of a local magazine in Syracuse, New York about writing a piece on my...
Get A Medical Record Organizer RIGHT NOW!
November 5, 2013 Journal Dump #003 The amount of information that came at me, in a very short amount of time was seriously overwhelming. ...
What they Didn't tell me about my Breast Cancer Biopsy
OCTOBER 31, 2013 Journal Dump #002 The biopsy experience. What they don't tell you: 1. Maybe they will, maybe they won't... but no one...
When I Found my Breast Cancer Lump
OCTOBER 17, 2013 Journal Dump #001 In October of 2013, I was enjoying our annual family camping trip and noticed a hard lump on the side...
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