The Bridge Breast Network
BBN Gala - October 7
Join us for a night of food, fun and awareness as we raise our glasses and our paddles to support breast cancer early detection and treatment services in North Texas.
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Schedule Your North Texas Giving Day Donation Today!
8 Days Of Scheduled Giving Help Us Reach Our Goal of $20,000 Your support will help save a woman’s life Schedule giving is now open. Support the Bridge Breast Network and help us in our mission of providing diagnostic and treatment services to low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals living in North Texas. Simply click here to […]
North Texas Giving Day!
Communities Foundation of Texas’ North Texas Giving Day is an 18-hour online giving event designed to empower every person to give back to their community by supporting local nonprofits and causes they care about in one easy-to-use platform. The event helps build awareness and support for nonprofits like nothing else. In 2017, $39 million was raised through […]
What to Bring on Your First Day of Chemo!
Health line provided a poll of women living with breast cancer for their tips on what to bring, and what to wear, on your first day of chemotherapy. If you have tips then please share them with us too! Thank you healthline for the graphic!
How Yoga Can Help You Through Breast Cancer!
Breast cancer may cause symptoms such as fatigue, nausea, decreased range of motion, and weakness. We suggest that its important to exercise and other therapies like yoga, can ease those symptoms. “Yoga has many physical and emotional benefits for all cancer patients,” says Ann Marie Turo, OTR/L, yoga instructor in Dana-Farber’s Leonard P. Zakim Center for […]
7 Things You Might Not Know About Delayed Breast Reconstruction!
1. Majority of survivors are good candidates. Everyone situation is different, but patients who are interested in reconstruction typically a candidate. 2. Quality of life can improve from breast reconstruction. “Perhaps nobody ever told you about plastic surgery and you’ve been walking around feeling less feminine or less whole. For patients like this, breast reconstruction can be […]
How To Cope With Fatigue During Radiation Therapy.
When you are prescribed radiation therapy as your cancer treatment, your doctor will provide you with a list of possible side effects. Symptoms you may feel are things like diarrhea, hair loss, nausea and what people feel the most after radiation is fatigue. Those going through radiation therapy do experience it more frequently and often very […]