Comments on: A Beautiful Scarf For a Cause

By: D's Mommy

D's Mommy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:55:22 +0000

P/S: I’m only 30 but I’ve already had my first mammogram and we’re good to go!!

By: D's Mommy

D's Mommy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:54:37 +0000

I know your contest is closed but I just wanted to share anyways. See, Cancer has affected my family since before I was born. At first it was my maternal grandmother whom I am told died of Cancer of the female organs. I’m told that they don’t know where it started only that by the time they found it it was everywhere. I never met her. My maternal great-aunt died of her second battle with Breast Cancer. My mother was diagnosed with stage 2 Breast Cancer months before I was to ship out to S. Korea and I almost didn’t go. I only went b/c she told me too and if I hadn’t I wouldn’t have met my husband there nor had my two beautiful babies with him. I still felt bad about going but I did go to all but one chemo treatment with her and I only missed one due to being on a flight overseas. She had a modified radical mastectomy (I think that’s what it was called) and while she lost one boob she has been in Cancer free for 9, almost 10yrs. Thank God for that. My paternal grandmother had Breast Cancer as well but has been Cancer free for almost 5yrs now too and so while there’s been losses there’s also been wins and I can’t help but be grateful for it all b/c it’s made me who I am. It’s made me into someone who was able to have multiple cases of Breast Cancer within my family; it’s made me into someone who had a family member have Brain Cancer, hip problems due to the steroids that this person had to be on, and possibly Thyroid Cancer – we’ll know soon what, if anything, is going on with that. I’m not sure why I say all this other than at times it’s cathartic, is that the right word?, to say out loud or type out loud and sometimes it’s not. If I had to say what Cancer has done for me or to me that’s what I’d say and hope it answered the question.

By: Kelli

Kelli — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:02:46 +0000

Well, as you know my SIL has breast cancer. It has completely changed my view on the disease. I myself am doing self checks now and have scheduled a mammogram for myself. She thankfully came through surgery today just fine. They believe they got all of the cancer. However her fight is not over, she still has radiation to go through and quite possibly additional chemo if there are any cells left.

I cannot tell you how much it means to me that someone whom I consider a friend is doing so much for this cause. I know you have your own reasons but it means a lot to me as I am watching the fight my SIL is going through currently.

Her strength through this has been a huge inspiration to me.
.-= Kelli´s last blog ..Blogging for Boobs – Day 2 =-.

By: Mrs4444

Mrs4444 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:56:46 +0000

I have a friend who is fighting for her life right now due to breast cancer; it’s heartbreaking.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:47:09 +0000

This past June, I joined a woman I met on TWITTER (of all places, right?) and her friend, a breast cancer survivor and walked 40 miles in two days in the name of raising money for breast cancer research and treatment for those affected by breast cancer. Between us we raised over $5K for Avon's Walk, and it was an amazing and truly eye opening experience that I plan to repeat next year. .-= Sarah´s last blog ..On Weddings and Miracles =-.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:40:09 +0000

My great-grandmother died of breast cancer. She was my all time favorite g-ma. .-= Vicky´s last blog ..T-Rex =-.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:29:26 +0000

Breast Cancer awareness has always been close to my heart. I have always walked in my local RFTC.

My grandmother battled breast cancer in the mid 1980s and decided at the time to have a mastectomy. She survived and was always an advocate of awareness until a different cancer took her life in the late 1990s.

Also, the past few years I watched my brother’s and his fiance help her mom battle this disease. She had beat it once before but unfortunately a year and half ago it won. She will always be remembered for the wonderful mother and friend that she is.

I have a pink ribbon hanging in my car in memory of both of these great women. It reminds me everyday of the fight to find a cure. It also reminds me to always have my checkup and encourage my friends to do the same.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:11:39 +0000

One of my aunts is a Breast Cancer survivor… it’s a subject very close to my heart!

What I’m doing is working with ShopAtHome.com in their fight against Breast Cancer… every purchase made from their BCA page donates $1 to the Denver Susan G. Komen Foundation!

Love,
Jaime
.-= Jaime´s last blog ..Denim Brand Review: DL1961 =-.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:27:32 +0000

I’ve lost a woman who was like a mom to me, and I’ve watched a beloved co-worker fight it for years. She’s still winning.

By: Jennifer B

Jennifer B — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:40:41 +0000

My mother died at age 32 of complications due to Breast Cancer. I was 6.

Starting at age 15, I have done monthly exams each month, and I have had multiple mammograms. I am trying to do what I can to keep from/catch early this disease so I can be here, for my kids, for a really long time.