Jessica Ryan MD

01/30/2026

PINK DAY is coming soon!!
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Sat Feb 7th
Join us to cheer on the SNHU Women’s Basketball Team and help spread Breast Cander Awareness in our community!

01/29/2026

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01/29/2026

Cycle Smoothie Night 2026!
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Each January we partner with Fit4aCause, the YMCA Livestrong program and local oncology nutritionists to jumpstart your New Year’s resolutions and journey to wellness!

Despite the wintery conditions we had a great crowd ready to go! True New Englanders! 🥶❄️

The event began with yoga, moving our bodies and finding our calm. We then heard from the pros how to navigate the wellness industry and make smart choices. All the while our team whipped up 3 healthy and unique smoothie recipes. Finally, everyone had a chance to hop on the “Fender Blender” to help with the production.

EAT WELL MOVE OFTEN
Learn more about the Fit4aCause bootcamp or order Renee Plodnik’s AMAZING “Eat Well Move Often” cookbook here:

https://fit4acausestrong.com/?post_type=product

LIVESTRONG 💛
See what the YMCA can offer! So many incredible programs that meet you where you are and help guide to a stronger healthier you!

Email Cindy Lafond today. Tell her Dr Ryan sent you 🫠❤️

Health@graniteymca.org

https://www.graniteymca.org/dev/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/livestrong-program-brochure.pdf

Find a Nutrition Expert near you at:
Eatright.org

A HUGE THANK YOU! My team and all involved are passionate and committed to bring health, wellness and strength to our survivors!

Email our team to get more info and hear about all the fun things we do:
CMC.BreastCareCenter@hcahealthcare.com

01/20/2026

“There’s no crying in Surgery!”
Except when there is.

My job often calls for what I call ‘careful compartmentalization’. I’ll bounce into the first patient room glowing with good news, my voice full of excitement. The next room I enter thoughtfully and reserved- ready to address a grave prognosis and challenging decisions. Each patient deserves her visit to be met with the energy and expertise unique to her scenario, and so I keep going.

I’m rarely stopped in my tracks to take a breath. Recently, I find myself needing time to center and reflect on just why that last room was so hard. I realized it’s because more and more I’m seeing younger women. Busy moms. Breastfeeding moms. It’s hard not to see myself in them. To remember the joys brought by breastfeeding and to try to understand how painful and terrifying it must be when suddenly told the same nursing breast that comforts your little one, is also threatening your life.

Breast cancer incidence continues to rise in women under 45. The reasons are complex and multifactorial: delayed childbearing, changing breastfeeding patterns, increased alcohol use, excess body weight, genetics, environmental exposures and so on.

My advice to young Mamas and Ladies:

1. SELF CARE.

This comes in many forms and is helpful no matter how little a step it may seem to be.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I often fail at this, miserably. One of my honest to god 2026 New Year’s resolutions? To stop at Dunkins once a week vs 4! 🤣🫠 Set small goals, attainable goals and be honest with yourself when those goals aren’t being met. Keep trying. Other ideas:

Schedule that mammogram. ✅
Choose a mocktail 🍸
Take a walk.👟

2. Be the Boss- Your B**b Boss.

Self breast exam shouldn’t be formal or frequent. It’s not something to cause alarm or anxiety when done properly. My advice is to simply and gently be aware, comfortable, familiar with your breasts. If something seems remarkably different and doesn’t go away after two weeks, or certainly if it gets bigger and becomes associated with other changes- CALL. Get the imaging done. If you don’t feel confident in your imaging answers- seek a consult with a breast specialist. 🙋🏻‍♀️

Sometimes patients will apologize after seeing me because their concerns turned out to be normal. I always say “THANK YOU! If every door I opened was to a woman with a breast cancer I’d lose my freaking mind.”

If you read this far, awesome. Share with a young lady you love.

https://www.bcrf.org/about-breast-cancer/breast-cancer-young-women/

https://youngsurvival.org

01/06/2026

Smoothie Cycle Night is coming soon!
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FREE EVENT FOR ALL CANCER SURVIVORS

Let us help you jump start those New Year’s Resolutions! The “Fender Blender” is warmed up and our team is ready to blend delicious healthy smoothies all while we hear important highlights from an Oncology Nutritionist and get motivated by what the Livestrong Exercise program can offer you!

Join us January 27th at 4pm
RSVP- by messaging us here!
Or call our Nurse Navigators
📞 603-665-2535

More details in comments

10/26/2025

A beautiful October day Making Strides with the American Cancer Society- celebrating survivors and bringing awareness, support and hope.
Thank you to all who helped make it a huge success! 💖🙏💖👏🙏💖

10/23/2025

We’ve had a run of support teddy bears accompanying our patients to the OR lately! My team is awesome and makes sure each is dressed in operative protective gear!  💖🧸💖

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10/22/2025

Protect your Pumpkins!
Carve out time for your Mammogram!
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Our team continues to spread awareness (and chuckles) this Pinktober.

10/13/2025

PINK is a whole vibe! 

During the month of October, our team tends to go a little spooky and enjoys moving Miss Pinky Bones from place to place throughout the department in hopes of startling one another.

We could all use a good chuckle.
A mammogram, and a good chuckle.

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10/01/2025

PINKtober has arrived! The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in Concord NH is only weeks away. This event helps to brings vital support to breast cancer survivors and their caregivers - in the form of transportation to and from treatments, help with groceries, all the way to research funding, which is more important now than ever.

If you’re able please consider contributing to our team below or join us and walk on October 24th!
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I joined Making Strides Against Breast Cancer to fight breast cancer. Support me with a donation and you'll be helping the American Cancer Society fund breakthrough breast cancer research, free rides to chemo, a 24/7 help line and so much more! Donate now

09/19/2025

The crisp Autumn air has arrived and it’s time for our annual Breast Cancer Survivor event! Take in the beauty of the season and move your body beginning with a relaxing Chair Yoga session beside the pond, led by Dr Upadrasta. Learn healthy tips from an oncology nutritionist and be entertained as Dr Ryan hosts a cooking demo!

Finally, each survivor will receive a complimentary PYO apple peck bag to fill!

Seats are limited, send me a message here to RSVP! We hope to see you there. 💖🍎

Light refreshments will be served.

09/12/2025

Which surgery is best?

When facing breast cancer, choosing which surgery is best for you can be one of the most important and challenging decisions that you face. Each and every cancer biology is unique, and no two women are the same. The decision made is based on a multitude of factors and often after much consideration. When helping a friend or loved one who has made their decision- Please- listen, embrace & support.

For many decades we counseled women that the overall survival (OS) between breast conserving therapy (BCT) (lumpectomy followed by radiation) - vs- mastectomy was the same.

Unexpectedly, in recent years, large real-world cohort studies with long-term follow-up have revealed that early breast cancer patients receiving BCT had better breast cancer-specific survival (BCSS) and overall survival (OS) than those undergoing mastectomy. In one study BCT patients showed an 87% OS vs a 79% OS. Even among patients with negative lymph nodes, mastectomy combined with radiotherapy still resulted in inferior BCSS and OS.

This doesn’t mean mastectomy is bad or wrong- in some cases it is absolutely the safest and best choice. Remember- every cancer is different, each woman unique. No two cancer journies are the same.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12365314/ #:~:text=Undocumented%20factors%20associated%20with%20poorer,to%20the%20observed%20survival%20disadvantage.

https://breast360.org/topics/category/surgery-general-considerations/e gng