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Navigating breast cancer and bipolar disorder: Deb’s story

03/30/23 | BY: Adriana Lecuona, Deb Ontiveros

Episode one of LBBC’s new Can and Did podcast series is here!

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Circulating tumor DNA tests for peace of mind: Chloë Crampton

03/30/23 | BY: Kris Conner , Chloë Crampton

Diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer in 2021, actor-turned-celebrity-chef Chloë Crampton shares her decision-making process around monitoring for cancer recurrence with liquid biopsy tests.

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Navigating breast cancer and bipolar disorder: Deb’s story

03/30/23 | BY: Adriana Lecuona , Deb Ontiveros

Episode one of LBBC’s new Can and Did podcast series is here!

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 | 2 Min. Read

Dealing with fears, finding support and inspiration: Jae Troskosky

03/09/23 | BY: Robin Warshaw , Jae Troskosky

Jae shares how their family history of cancer, a breast cancer diagnosis, and fears about discrimination sparked an interest in advocacy.

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 | 9 Min. Read |

Code change chaos

03/02/23 | BY: Pamela Rafalow Grossman , Nina Silva , Heather Wilhite

Nina Silva and Heather Wilhite detail how changes to insurance codes for DIEP flap reconstruction have dictated their health care choices and upended their lives, as told to LBBC contributing writer Pamela Rafalow Grossman.

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Going DIEP

02/23/23 | BY: Pamela Rafalow Grossman , Diane Heditsian

Twenty years ago, Diane Heditsian advocated to get DIEP flap breast reconstruction. New changes to medical billing coding have her back at it, this time for all others.

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Healing with horses

02/17/23 | BY: Dori Greenaway

Dori Greenaway shares how therapy with horses helped her to take strides in her healing journey with metastatic breast cancer.

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 | 6 Min. Read |
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