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Giving Back and Volunteering for the American Cancer Society and Strides

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - May 16, 2014 - Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Breast Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Surgery, Breast Cancer Treatment, Knoxville Community

I am alive today because of the American Cancer Society.

I believe in the American Cancer Society.

I am giving back and volunteering for the American Cancer Society.

As co-chair of the American Cancer Society’s Strides Against Breast Cancer, I am returning the efforts that the American Cancer Society exerted on my behalf.

I Have Breast Cancer, Now What?

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - May 2, 2014 - Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Breast Cancer Treatment

Don’t panic.

Hearing those words, “You have cancer,” is one of the most scary phrases to have ever been heard by the human ear.

Your thoughts turn to your children and you wonder who is going to take care of your kids? You think of your husband and how he will take care of himself without you? And you wonder who is going to be rummaging through your closet? It’s not fair. You eat well. You exercise regularly. You get your annual mammogram. This isn’t supposed to happen to you. You’re a good person.

Don’t Take My Blood Pressure in That Arm!

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - April 24, 2014 - Breast Cancer Surgery, Breast Cancer Treatment

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Lymphedema can be a problem worse than a cold rain in spring. Lymphedema is swelling of the arm that can occur after breast cancer surgery and is akin to your kitchen sink sponge soaked with water.

Pregnancy and Breast Cancer

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - April 18, 2014 - Breast Cancer Surgery, Breast Cancer Treatment

The stick was positive. You had been trying for months to get pregnant and finally, the little stick turned pink. Feeling the warm glow deep in your belly, you knew you had a little baby growing inside.

To Keep or Not to Keep? That is the Question – for my Breasts.

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - April 9, 2014 - Breast Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Surgery, Breast Cancer Treatment

Should a woman keep her breast or should she remove her breast? This is an important, life changing question with no easy answer. The answer, however, is always the right answer. The attached video explains that whether you keep your breast or remove your breast, you are giving yourself the best treatment possible as both treatments are equally effective at treating breast cancer. Please watch the video for a more thorough discussion on the surgical treatment of breast cancer.

Giving Back to the Breast Cancer Community

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - April 3, 2014 - Breast Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Surgery, Breast Cancer Treatment, Knoxville Community

Giving back to the breast cancer community is what a breast cancer expert ought to do.

Who, exactly, is an expert in breast cancer? An expert in breast cancer is a professional dedicated to the study or practice of breast cancer. An expert can be a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a nurse in the hospital or one of the many physicians that focus their practice on breast cancer.

Margins! Margins! Margins!

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - March 21, 2014 - Breast Cancer Treatment

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The cancer is gone. Her surgery went well and she was at home recovering, drinking a cup of aromatic coffee while sitting in her favorite wicker chair amongst her treasured plants, beneath a canopy of leaves, basking in the sunlight of her special room.

Mammograms at age 40!

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - March 18, 2014 - Breast Cancer Treatment

Susan reached that point in her life where she was no longer a young adult trying to make it through the trials and tribulations of life that are young children, a new job and a traveling husband. But neither had she made it to the stage where the kids are in college, she has a steady job and her husband has time to spend quiet evenings at home with her. Susan had just turned 40. She celebrated with two parties, one for her family and one for her friends. Chocolate cake and ice cream were had at home, while facials, mani-pedis and Chianti were had while painting the town red.

Guardian Angels and the Touch of Your Lover’s Hand

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - February 27, 2014 - Breast Cancer Surgery

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I would like to end our talk with a story of angels, of faith and of love. It is my story. It begins with the love of my wife; it ends with her love and the strength, the support, and the life giving energy that she is to me.

My story begins with a spot – a spot on my shoulder. Each day I would look at this spot and then one day, it changed. I recall my wife telling me to wear sunblock on numerous occasions, but I am a doctor, so I could never get cancer.

NUTS to Cancer!

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - December 20, 2013 - Breast Cancer Research

The New England Journal Of Medicine recently published a paper demonstrating that people who eat nuts regularly, live longer. So, should we all eat nuts? Yes. Will we live longer? Maybe. People who ate nuts were less likely to die from cancer, heart disease and stroke. But nut eaters were also more likely to be lean, to eat fruits and vegetables, to exercise daily and to not smoke. Maybe the nuts were only partially responsible for the longer life. It’s hard to know.