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After getting implants, Roberta Lombardi felt the implants spasm in her chest. In this blog, she writes about the rarely-mentioned side effect and the lingering questions she has after reconstruction.

Volunteers make our work possible. This month, we’re spotlighting volunteer Kristin McGuire, from Oaklawn, Illinois, one of our Breast Cancer Helpline volunteers.

Young Advocate volunteer Tiah Tomlin attended the ASCO Annual Meeting as a patient advocate to learn more about racial differences in cancer treatment and care.

In 2017, Abigail Johnson was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. She talks about her experience, from diagnosis to treatment. 

After a recurrence of breast cancer and a reconstruction revision, Lindsay Northrop got tattoos to replace her nipples and areolas. For this Q&A, she spoke to contributing writer Robin Warshaw about taking that step.

Ann Camden, 48, reflects on parenting her two daughters while living with metastatic breast cancer.

Heidi Boudreau, 50, was diagnosed with stage I breast cancer in October of 2018. She writes about what she wished she knew about managing surgical drains after mastectomy. 

Volunteers make our work possible. This month, we’re spotlighting volunteer Debi Evans, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of our Community Connector volunteers.

Gina Range was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017. She looks back on the things she wished she knew about subtypes, stages, grading, and racial disparities before going into the diagnosis and treatment.

Julia Wise was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at age 23. She spoke with LBBC contributing writer Robin Warshaw about ways shes found to move forward after being diagnosed at a young age.