I was also planning to find a volunteer thing I love to do that I could continue on a regular basis, but all I managed to do is drag the kid out to help withObliteride. I will probably do the 10 miler next year. All proceeds go to Women’s Cancer @ Fred Hutch, and since as I...
There is a support group for breast cancer patients who volunteer to help those recently diagnosed, and you can be matched with a volunteer who has the same type of breast cancer. “Can you at least pair me up with someone with the volunteer support group?” I asked Pamela. “No,” Pam...
Did I walk the whole 60km for the Walk to End Women’s Cancers? Yes I did! I am so proud of myself and my teammates. Gosh, it was gruelling in parts but then so is having cancer and it was much easier to do that walk than everything I’ve had to endure over the last year...
I never planned on becoming a breast cancer survivor because, like most people, I never planned on having cancer. When you’re a young woman, breast cancer is the last thing on your mind. I naively believed it only happened to older women and there was certainly no room in my busy lif...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month but a reason this type of cancer has a designated month is to help spread awareness and begin or continue the conversation on going for mammograms, going for checkups, learning more about it, and getting to treating it as early as possibl...
“You have cancer” — and who are still here with us, and we will walk to remember and pay tribute to all of the loved ones this horrible disease has taken. If you’d like us to add a name (or names) of someone special to you to our shirts, please send me a quick email by ...
cancer. The first time round it was temporary; my cancer was being treated “with curative intent”. Now, it’s permanent and treatment is palliative, aimed at stopping or slowing the cancer from spreading, maintaining as high a quality of life for me for as long as possible and ...
I should probably insert here – no matter how dark or paralyzing the cancer or the treatment side effects have been I have had the joy of quite literally bathing in light showered upon me from friends and cousins near and far. They’ve lifted me up on their shoulders (picturing Rudy here...
Watching someone with end-stage cancer is… incredibly hard. But the day I saw her, though unwell, perhaps it was a good day. She didn’t seem too bad. I left part of me wondering would I be back in time to see her again (it was a significant distance to travel to see them), ...
Let’s unite for a cause that touches us all and run for a future without breast cancer! Sign up now and help us make a lasting impact! Overview:Run will sell-out QUICK! We will close off waves the moment they fill up. If waves are sold out, you can sign-up for the ...