Genetics & Disease


		Scars and All The Beauty of Survivorship By Sasha Yonah Ever since my mastectomy nearly two years ago, I have felt so ugly. Even following reconstructive surgery with a high quality implant I still feel… Disfigured. Unattractive. Only "normal" and "whole" will ever be beautiful to me... 14 Comments



		A Mind Trapped By Leah Goldman “Oh Debby,” she answers in delight, recognition sparking. “Please come in. I didn’t recognize you with these new glasses.” The lie stands between us. We both know she could not remember who I was... 3 Comments



		Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match By Melody Masha Pierson When I found out I had been accepted into the Lung Transplant Program due to emphysema, one of the first things I did was re-write the lyrics to the song "Matchmaker"... 36 Comments



		Destiny is a Peculiar Thing By Gwendolyn Davis I was put into a hospital gown and told I was being admitted. Why, why, why all the fuss, I kept asking myself? This all seems so over-dramatic. I need to get back to school and get my grades in... 9 Comments



		Disability? What Disability? Overcoming the Reality, Stigma and Pain By Jerry Farris I awoke one morning at 5 o'clock to go to my nursing job. When I tried to stand up to go shower, I suddenly found myself on the floor in incredibly unbearable pain – all over! 19 Comments



		Gaining More Than I Lost My Choice to Have a Double Mastectomy By Annette Batkin On my forty-ninth birthday last year, I decided that I would make the Mammogram appointment a month earlier than usual... 3 Comments



		Not-So-Vital Statistics How Much Do You Really Want to Know? By Hope Edelman I didn't tell them about my other fear, the one that year after year keeps me from letting anyone perform genetic tests on me: The very real possibility that a doctor will peer into my innermost machinery and discover something wrong... 1 Comment



		Breast Cancer Genetics and the Jewish Woman An introduction to breast cancer and the risk for Jewish women of Ashkenazi descent. 2 Comments



		Personal Accounts Regarding Genetic Testing There are various choices and decisions that must be made for a woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Here are three different women and their stories. 1 Comment



		Ovarian Cancer Q & A By Dr. Howard Saul An overview of the most basic and important questions regarding ovarian cancer and answered by a leading gynecologic oncologist