Recent Health Blog Posts

Paula Deen Comes Clean

by Libby Pelham

Hey Y'all, I got diabetes. Can you just hear that spoken in Paula Deen's southern accent? Well, that may not be exactly how she released the news, but it's true - one of America's favorite chefs has Type II diabetes. It really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

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What To Tell

by Tammy Woolard

I have a dilemma and I am not sure what to do. My friend just found out that one of her oldest friend's husband has stage 3 prostate cancer which has metastasized to his bladder.

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More Fun With Menopause

by Tammy Woolard

16 Jan 2012 01:42 PM

When you are a breast cancer patient and you tell your doctor that you are experiencing menopausal symptoms they tell you they cannot give you any of the hormone replacement therapies that they give non-cancer patients.

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Am I Being TOO Motherly?

by Tammy Woolard

15 Jan 2012 06:42 PM

My husband's kidney disease is wearing on him. He is always mentioning how he is going to have to go on dialysis if it fails. I think he is more worried about that than he was with his cancer. Now I understand the idea of dialysis or kidney transplant are scary, believe me I get it.

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Chemo Induced Menopause

by Tammy Woolard

14 Jan 2012 12:45 PM

I was reading a fellow blogger's entries about menopause and it got me thinking that I had not talked much about the chemo induced menopause that I went through.

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I Have a Cartoon Hand

by Tammy Woolard

12 Jan 2012 11:39 AM

Ok so I feel bad for my lymphedema specialist, I am texting her asking her what to do for my cartoon looking hand. It has swelled up so much I hate it. She is having me remove the gauntlet which goes on my hand it looks like fingerless gloves.

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My New Arm Girdle

by Tammy Woolard

11 Jan 2012 10:09 AM

Ok so today is day one with my "arm girdle" also known as the compression garment and hand gauntlet. I have had it on for about 3 hours now and my fingers look like Eddie Murphy's in the Nutty Professor. My whole hand is swollen, I have to take my wedding ring off and I am not crazy about it.

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Is Your Brain Shrinking? A New Study Says Stress Can Do It

by Mary Ann Romans

11 Jan 2012 06:03 AM

Okay, it wasn't bad enough that we are only using a small percentage of our brains. Now a new study shows that stress may actually be shrinking our brains. Suffering stressful events, such as a divorce or break up, an accident or other stressful life situation will actually shrink the brain.

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Popular Pain Killer Problem: Excedrin and Bufferin Recall

by Mary Ann Romans

09 Jan 2012 11:38 AM

If you have recently purchased Excedrin or Bufferin pain killers, you might want tog et your money back, fast. That is because there is a recall out on these two popular pain killers.

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Compression Sleeve

by Tammy Woolard

04 Jan 2012 09:52 AM

OK when you think of lymphedema and you think it is no big deal and it is not painful well you may want to reconsider that line of thinking. It has been about 3 weeks of being wrapped from fingers to shoulder and it is definitely uncomfortable.

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