I was feeling emotional as I packed my little red suitcase in preparation for a mastectomy. Then my phone rang. It was my ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. This past December, I found out I had a form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS ...

A writer explores how a Jewish ritual changed her relationship with mortality. By Jessica Alpert I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had passed since my open-heart surgery. My body was rejecting ...

There was a moment in February when I thought my golf season might be over before it had even started. I had woken up in a hospital bed from knee surgery in serious pain and wearing a balky leg brace.

My name is Kathleen Golding (@ kathleeng1112). I am 28 years old and live in New Bern, North Carolina. After 20-plus years of struggling with obesity and an eating disorder, I decided to take control ...

For nearly half of my life, I've dreamed of undergoing a breast reduction surgery. When it finally happened, I never expected the treatment I received. Beccy Bingham, 37, is a graphic and web designer ...