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Summertime Tips

Page last modified on: July 28, 2008

Summer can be the best of times, and the worst of times, especially if you're in breast cancer treatment or recovery. It's a time to enjoy the outdoors, go on vacation, and spend time with family and friends.

But it can also be a time of self-conscious worrying: How will you look in a bathing suit? Will the breast form stay in place? Are all the scars covered? Are you allowed to go out in the sun? If you're wearing a wig, can you still enjoy the pool or beach? And how can you schedule all those treatments AND take the long-awaited and much-needed vacation?

In this section you'll find answers these questions, along with many useful tips and advice on:

We hope the advice you'll find here will help you to enjoy the best, and avoid the worst, of this summer, and many more summers to come!

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