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Inspiration (And Humor) From A Double-Mastectomy Patient

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - August 5, 2019 - Patient Stories, Breast Cancer Surgery
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We consider it an honor to serve each and every patient who entrusts their health to us, and we’re constantly awed by the amazing attitudes of our patients. For example, a dear patient recently shared this list about the 7 advantages she’s discovered since having a double-mastectomy:

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A Special Note Of Gratitude From A Relieved Patient

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - February 11, 2019 - Breast Cancer Treatment, Patient Stories
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Hello, Margulies office people!

This is just a quick note to thank you all for all the concern, assistance, and care you have given me over the past month. One month ago today I had the biopsy that came back with a Grade 1 cancer result, and today I’m at work with only a couple of scars and a cute little purple binder covering my cancer-free chest. 🙂 I know there is more treatment ahead of me, but I am very grateful to be so quickly and easily to this point. I can only pray that the rest of the process will be as efficient, straightforward, and reassuring as my experience with your office has been.

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Touched by an Angel

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - May 11, 2017 - Patient Stories, Breast Cancer Surgery, Knoxville Community
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Angels do exist. I encounter their presence often. Angels are with me in the Operating Theater, looking over my shoulder, guiding my hand, relaxing my patient as we remove the tumor. Angels are with me in the office, focusing my thoughts and comforting you as we sketch out a plan to save you from cancer. Angels are with me when I study and read my journals, opening my mind to safer and more effective ways to get rid of breast cancer.

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Vaginal Dryness After Breast Cancer Can Be Treated

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - December 20, 2016 - Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Surgery, Knoxville Community, Patient Stories
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Vaginal Dryness after Breast CancerFighting breast cancer was hard. It was also unfair. Linda was only 53, she ran marathons, ate lean meats, enjoyed her vegetables and took a walk every night with her husband. So it was profoundly unfair when a spot was found on her annual screening mammogram. She had a core needle biopsy, which demonstrated a breast cancer. Although the tumor was small, it was high grade. Linda chose to remove her breast and have a mastectomy. And then she took chemotherapy.

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DCIS: Is it Cancer?

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - November 16, 2016 - Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Breast Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Surgery, Knoxville Community, Patient Stories
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woman-828886_640Nicole and her girlfriends went for their annual mammogram. It was always more fun to do it in a group. Although they were all in their young 40s and the government is trying to tell them not to have a mammogram till they turn 50, they listened to the advice of their physicians and have been getting screening mammograms since they turned 40. Nicole’s mammogram had some microcalcifications, small pieces of calcium that are deposited from breast tissue. Most often, fibrocystic breast changes can cause calcium deposits, but on occasion, the calcium can be deposited by cancer. Nicole had a core needle biopsy and was told she had Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. Nicole had breast cancer, or so she thought. Her friend Amber, who knows everything, said that Nicole did not have cancer, that DCIS is a benign growth. Well, does Nicole have cancer? Is DCIS cancer?

Yes. DCIS is cancer. DCIS can recur after excision. DCIS can transform into a malignant tumor. Cure rates are as high as 98%, but 2% still succumb to the disease. Thus, DCIS is cancer, but benign cancer, as opposed to malignant cancer, which can spread throughout the body.

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I’ve Beaten Breast Cancer. Now What?

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - October 24, 2016 - Patient Stories, Breast Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Treatment, Cancer Survival
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I've Beaten Breast Cancer. Now What?Josephine took her last dose of radiation therapy, got dressed, and walked down the hallway. The staff and other cancer survivors were waiting for her. She strode towards them, feeling like a Cheshire Cat with a smile a mile wide. She enjoyed every step. She enjoyed every congratulation. She enjoyed every good cheer. She grabbed the hammer and rung the bell. She was done. Her journey to beat breast cancer was complete.

Fighting breast cancer takes a lot of energy and determination. Many days just wipe you out and some days you just cry. At the end of the journey, the air is fresh, the sky is blue and the sun is brighter than it ever was.

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My mom has breast cancer. Is it genetic? Will I get breast cancer?

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - September 12, 2016 - Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Breast Cancer Research, Genetic testing, Knoxville Community, Patient Stories
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pregnant-690735_640Geraldine got her mammogram every year. Her first grandchild was born six years ago she wasn’t going to miss a second of her grandbaby’s life, although, the baby’s mom, Laura, had something to say about that. Geraldine just knew that her grandbaby was God’s gift to her or raising Laura, her daughter, right. And Geraldine wanted to be there for her daughter and to play with her grandbaby. So she got her mammogram every year.

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I have breast cancer. What about my ovaries?

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - August 29, 2016 - Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Breast Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Surgery, Knoxville Community, Patient Stories
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child-1245893_1920Jane is a 36-year-old mother of three just trying to make it through the day. She has children in three different schools, and the constant driving was taking a toll on her. One day, while putting on her seat belt, her left breast hurt. She thought nothing of it as she drove around town from school to ballet to soccer and to the grocery store. Then, one morning, in the shower, she noticed a lump in her breast. No one in her family, not her mother, not her sisters, not her aunts, had breast cancer. Still, she was scared. She called her physician who recommended a mammogram and ultrasound. Jane had breast cancer.

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A Lesson on Thankfulness from an Appalachian Quilt

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - September 22, 2015 - Breast Cancer Treatment, Patient Stories
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Thank you can be the hardest words to say.

Thank you may be the most wonderful words you ever whisper.

I wish I could say thank you more often. I should thank my wife, my nurse, and my God everyday. God restores my soul to me each morning, for which I am grateful. I should thank Him. My wife loves me and marries me anew each and every day. I should thank her with more than just a wink and a smile. My nurse takes care of you, my patients, and ensures that your pain is controlled, that your wounds heal, and that your spirits remain high. I should thank her more often.

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Giving Patients Back Their Lives – Exercise and Lymphedema

Posted by Dr. Aaron G. Margulies - January 29, 2015 - Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Breast Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Treatment, Patient Stories
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Margulies mammogram imageJosephine was elated. She had just survived breast cancer and was looking forward to a life full of laughter and joy with her husband, children and friends. But there was one problem. Josephine hated her arm. She had her the lymph nodes under her arm removed because of breast cancer. There was some cancer in her lymph nodes, so she had all of her lymph nodes removed.

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Dr. Margulies practices sees patients in West Knoxville at Turkey Creek Medical Center, in Powell just off of Emory Road​ adjacent to North Knoxville Medical Center in Powell, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital and Newport Medical Center.

Dr. Margulies performs surgeries at Tennova’s Turkey Creek Medical Center and North Knoxville Medical Center, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, at Newport Medical Center and at Parkwest Medical Center.

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Your patients are some of the luckiest people in the world. I am so thankful that God brought us together.
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