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A resentful pity party while traveling turns into an experience with divine grace.
True stories about Ellen’s breast cancer while traveling. Mammograms, biopsies, surgery, recovery, prescriptions. Health care in foreign countries is different from America.
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Buy prescription drugs overseas: 5 easy steps
As an American early retired budget traveler and breast cancer warrior, I often have to buy prescription drugs overseas. I’ve done it now in several countries, and I’ve learned a few things from real-world experience. In this post, I will share what I’ve learned, and outline how I buy quality medications in the foreign countries […]
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Quality expat health care in Cebu, Philippines
Post-breast cancer tests were 680% less than what it would have cost in the U.S.
Medical tourism: Post-cancer checkup in Chiang Mai
I had no idea so many expat cancer survivors live in northern Thailand.
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Honest mental health message on ‘cancerversary’
One year out from a breast cancer diagnosis, one day at a time.
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3D mammogram message for World Cancer Day
Let my early detection story inspire you to get these types of breast tests.
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Medical tourism: post-breast cancer checkups
My experience was positive at a private hospital in Malaysia.
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Rest in Peace, Jodi Cullen
A friend and fellow traveler died of breast cancer.
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My DCIS had a secret nearby – an invasive tumor
DCIS is cancer, and the high-grade type is especially dangerous.
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A bilateral mastectomy in a foreign country
My surgery was a relatively easy experience with a great doctor and his professional staff.