Tag: women’s health
Breast Implants and the Active Woman: What Should You Know?
This post is sponsored by Associated Plastic Surgeons, a team of board-certified plastic surgeons in Leawood, Kan.
Does it make sense for active women to get...
When Mommy is Sick: Balancing Serious Health Concerns and Motherhood
Each and every minute with our children is precious. But, for very different reasons, each and every minute of alone time holds great appeal,...
Mothering. What I’ve Learned from my Mom’s Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Cancer.
This six letter curse word is all too increasingly finding its way in to the homes of loved ones, friends and acquaintances. We see...
Recovering From a C-Section With More than One Child
Are you getting ready to have another baby, by c-section, and wondering HOW on earth you are going recover from that while taking care...
When You Fail Your Glucose Test: Surviving Gestational Diabetes
THE GLUCOSE TEST. For many pregnant women, it’s simply a hoop through which to jump. For the rest of us – those who have...
Treating Mastitis Naturally: A How-to
Mastitis is an inflammation of the breast that can be caused by an obstruction or infection. Nothing has taken me “down for the count”...
One Care Package Becomes Hundreds: The Story Behind Courage Kits of...
Only two days after her 35th birthday, while driving to a play date with her two-year-old twin boys in the backseat, Heather received the...
Every Pink Ribbon Tells a Story
For some people, Breast Cancer Awareness Month may be merely about wearing pink ribbons. But for one Kansas City survivor, Breast Cancer Awareness Month...
Mommy, Cancer Patient, Survivor
Kristen sat in the salon chair with her toddler son on her lap. Together, they watched in the mirror as her long blond hair...
Squeeze Me: the Diary of a Mammogram Virgin
I loathe the smell of doctors’ offices, which hardly makes me unique. The smell of this one bothered me a bit more, possibly because...
What Does Breast Cancer Awareness Look Like?
Breast cancer awareness once felt to me like a hazy, distant idea.
Then, my own mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. In just one day,...
Searching for More Than a Doctor
I used to joke that I wished I could have my pap smear more than once a year because I missed my midwife.
After going...
Kidney Disease: A Mother’s Story
According to statistics provided by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), kidney disease kills over 90,000 Americans every year - more than breast and prostate...
