900 IN BREAST-CANCER WALK HAVE PLENTY OF INSPIRATIONKAREN BRADY News Staff Reporter
Pink ribbons and bows – you see them almost everywhere and it’s no surprise. This symbol has become an international sign to represent one’s moral support for women with breast cancer. The awareness has become a major topic in the last several years and when it comes to tattoos, there...
There are also ways to fight against breast cancer after it has started. “I’m battling cancer. It’s another battle I intend to win” –Arlen Specter These were the words of a determined woman who was fighting for her life against an aggressive form of cancer. Despite the challenges ...
68. “Breast cancer, I can now report, did not make me prettier or stronger, more feminine or spiritual. What it gave me, if you want to call this a “gift,” was a very personal, agonizing encounter with an ideological force in American culture that I had not been aware of before—...
Getting cancer can become the beginning of living. The search for one's own being, the discovery of the life one needs to live, can be one of the strongest weapons against disease. —Lawrence LeShan 47 Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My...
The cause of breast cancer is still unknown. The good news: if caught early, the chances of a normal and healthy life are better than most women know when they first hear the words “you’ve got breast cancer”. If you can keep a newly diagnosed woman from panicking, and encourage her...
making sense of the breast cancer experience together Weekly Round-Up Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you...
my running inspiration. With her determination and resilience, she made me believe that nothing was impossible. She would talk about having everything to live for even though cancer was trying to take her life away and, since the first day I met her, I willed her to go on living forever...
the emotional life of breast cancer and life's other travailsCOVID Fatigue April 3, 2020 // 12 After my mom died, I remember how every morning in the days that followed I would wake up and for just a few moments, I would be free. For just an instant, I would forget she was ...
‘I’ve helped younger women like myself who are scared to death', says breast cancer survivor Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 2:48 AM GMT+8 | ByNichole Vrsansky Kristen Siskind says the The Susan G. Komen walks have been her inspiration. Her team is one of the top fundraisers. ...