For most women, mammography provides the best way to find breast cancer at an early stage,when treatment is usually the most highly successful. A mammogram is a low-dose X-ray of your breasts that can detect many changes that are too small or too deep to feel. Mammograms are considered safe, […]
Lymphedema Surgery Eases Symptoms of this Common Cancer Treatment Side Effect
(video and information provided by MD Anderson) Lymphedema is a common cancer treatment side effect that can lead to swelling, pain and sometimes infections. Lymphedema can be treated through noninvasive methods like massage, compression garments and physical therapy. But if lymphedema symptoms do not improve a patient may need surgery. […]
Mowing Down Breast Cancer
Support for Joy to Life comes from all kinds of people, places and companies. One of the most unique places we’ve received support (and lots of it) comes from Bush Hog—a company that produces heavy duty mowers and cutters based in Selma, Alabama. Now you may be thinking, why would […]
Big-Hearted Bikers
(pictured above are Helen Philips and the Save the Tatas group at a recent check presentation to Joy to Life) One of the most amazing things about Joy to Life is watching people who travel in completely different circles come together to save lives. Breast cancer affects everyone, and when […]
Janet’s Story
(Pictured above are Janet, her daughter Cindy and the bride, her granddaughter, Emilie. Photo emailed from Janet.) Staff meetings at Joy to Life are like most – lots of planning, idea sharing and deadline setting. It keeps our small staff hopping, but for good reasons. However, when a team member […]
Lymphedema Surgery Changed Joy’s Life
(video provided by MD Anderson) After breast cancer treatment, Joy faced lymphedema, a common cancer treatment side effect that causes the lymphatic system to become blocked and may result in a swollen arm or leg. Because of her lymphedema, Joy dealt with many infections over the years. Eventually, she went […]
Tuskegee Golden Tigers Play in Pink
We are always excited to meet people who are helping in the fight against breast cancer. Many times the fight is because they are a survivor or they have a family member who is a survivor. Sometimes they have a friend who is in the middle of the battle. Either […]
Only 34 Years Old
It was a normal day in the office and the phone rang, one of the nurses in the Shelby county health department had just done a clinical breast exam on a 34 year old who had breast lumps in both breasts. She requested a mammogram and ultrasound. I sent her […]
Tickled Pink Expo
Did you get a chance to come by the Tickled Pink Expo in September ? We hope you did — it was a full day of all things pink, educational, fun and even tasty. For the past several years, the Alabama News Network has organized the Tickled Pink event in […]