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Dec 30, 2022 · Lunden was just 13 years old. Her cancer treatment included 16 rounds of chemotherapy, six weeks of radiation and a lumpectomy. She admitted that the "aggressive chemo treatment" did take a...
- Joan Lunden's Cancer Treatment: Why She Chose Chemotherapy ...
Photo: Ruven Afanador. When Joan Lunden was diagnosed with...
- Joan Lunden Surviving Breast Cancer, Women's Health - People.com
In June 2014, Lunden announced she had been diagnosed with...
- Joan Lunden's Cancer Treatment: Why She Chose Chemotherapy ...
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I never understood that after you hear those words, it’s common to be met with differing opinions about how you should go forward. I went in for a second and third opinion and everybody had a different take. At one point, it’s tossed back into your hands and ultimately you have to make the decision about treatment. Every single breast cancer is dif...
I’m not going to lie: Losing your hair is really weird. Hair is such an integral part of how you look and feel and when you take it away, it’s weird. It’s like someone drew a picture of you, but just erased the hair! Remember, you’re still you, you might just not look exactly like you for a while. I posed bald for the People coverit because I know ...
I personally think that it’s important to get yourself into a healthy, positive mind set. Before I lost my hair, I decided to take control and shave my head. That was the moment that I went into "warrior mode." I decided to fight and to BELIEVE that I was going to be OK. For me, that was a powerful tool in my healing. At first, I didn’t break down ...
When I started my chemotherapy, I began working with a nutritionist who put me on a no-wheat, no-dairy, no-sugar eating regimen. I must admit — at first I thought: What’s left when you take those away? But actually, there’s a lot left! I ate nutrient-dense foods that didn’t cause inflammation in my body. When I was given an eating regimen that I wa...
Sugar is added to almost everything we buy and eat. I stood in the aisle at Whole Foods one time and looked at 20 jars of spaghetti sauce and only two of them did not contain sugar. Start reading labels: I always considered myself a label reader, but I wasn’t. But boy, I am now.
There are so many different aspects to the difficulties chemo presents. From the actual infusions, to the side effects, and of course, the dangerous risk of infection. I learned a lot about various ways to help ease the process. When you’re going through chemotherapy, there are a lot of needles and I’ve always been a big needle weenie! I ended up g...
I tried as much as I could to maintain a somewhat normal schedule. I was set to host a baby shower for my pregnant daughter and kept it on my calendar. I decided that cancer wasn’t going to take that away from me. Try to get up each day and have something to do, even if it’s a goal like taking a walk outside to get fresh air. Staying active, and ev...
Sometimes, chemo felt like they were dropping a napalm bomb on me. You have to learn to give into it. One day, my oncologist looked at me and said, “You walk in here and I ask you how you’ve been doing and you tell me, ‘I’m doing great, I played tennis, I did this, I worked out,’ and then I look at your numbers and your white blood cell count is do...
Always take someone with you to every appointment because it’s really hard to take it all in. If you don’t have family around, ask a neighbor, another mom from school, or someone from your church or temple. In those first appointments, it’s like you’re in la-la land, it’s somewhat out-of-body and it’s difficult to retain all the information. I was ...
Be vigilant: Early detection gives you the best prognosis. And for some women, a mammogram alone is not enough. Ask your radiologist if you have dense breasts and if the answer is yes, ask them about secondary screening. I had a clean mammogram and then walked across the hall to get an ultrasound since I have dense breast tissue and found aggressiv...
Jun 3, 2015 · Last June, Joan Lunden was facing the specter of cancer. Now, she's cancer-free and relishing her new role as advocate for other women. June 3, 2015, 12:36 PM UTC / Updated June 3, 2015,...
When Joan was first diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), that term was totally foreign to her. And once she embarked on her cancer journey it soon became clear that no two breast cancers are the same.
Oct 17, 2014 · By Jane Weaver. Joan Lunden, who was diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer in June, told TODAY she will be starting a second round of chemotherapy on Monday. "I had my lumpectomy and...
