Taking care of your overall health and well-being can help you go on living life to its fullest.
In this section, you'll find helpful information on diet and nutrition, exercise, maintaining your emotional health, managing menopause, osteoporosis as well as tips on ways to help a loved one with breast cancer stay healthy and strong.
Your physical health:
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation recommends the following routine medical care for women who have undergone treatment for breast cancer.
Follow-up office visits with your physician for a complete physical examination, every 4 to 6 months for the first 5 years following treatment, then every 12 months
Annual mammograms of the contralateral breast (the breast unaffected by cancer) for women who have had a mastectomy
Annual mammograms of both breasts for women who have had a lumpectomy
