How Long Can You Wait Between a Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Surgery?
If surgery is your first treatment, you almost always have weeks, not days. What a national study of 373,334 women found about waiting, what a typical timeline looks like, and how to keep appointments moving.
How Do I Get Ready for a Mastectomy?
A plain-language timeline for the weeks before, the day of and the first weeks after a mastectomy: what to pause, pack, ask and expect.
What Actually Happens During a Mastectomy, and After?
The kinds of mastectomy, what happens in the operating room, how drains work, the first few weeks, and when to call your team, in plain language.
Write This Down: 15 Journal Prompts for the Newly Diagnosed
Just diagnosed with breast cancer? These prompts can help you process fear, organize your thoughts, prepare questions for your doctors, and put some of what's swirling around in your head onto paper.