Breast Cancer Journeys...
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4th annual Seacoast Concert for a Cure
It's time to rock out for a great cause! Join us on Sunday, June 29th – rain or shine - at the Redhook Brewery on the Pease Tradeport for the 4th annual Seacoast Concert for a Cure.
Living With Hope
Hope is not the first word that comes to mind when you hear those three dreaded words “You have cancer.”...I was 30 years old, less than 2 years into a new marriage with the man of my dreams. I had a good job, many friends, and a whole life in front of me, just waiting to be lived.
In Conversation with Lisa Tugnette
As women in a family, there are many things that bind us together - family traditions, personality traits, resembling our mother or sister - but having a higher chance of contracting a disease like our mother at 60, aunt at 52 and grandmother is another story. Read an Excerpt from Lisa's story (available in e-book or audio format): Reflections of A Woman
Running Past Cancer
"It’s been more than two years since my cancer diagnosis. And the further away I get from the words spoken over the phone to me by a surgeon — you have cancer..."
I Hate Tumours
"Amy and I had common hopes, fears and worries. We also shared an instant urge to reach others with our breast cancer stories. Amy welcomed local newspaper reporters into her world to capture through words and photographs her most intimate cancer moments.
Cancer Vixen The striking thing about Marisa Marchetto's book is her grace, honesty, self-depreciating humor, and how she just kept right on living despite being given what most people consider a death sentence.
 Breast Cancer As a Gift
Sometimes the most dire situations bring us unexpected gifts and life lessons. As Katie Delahaye Paine will tell you - when fate gives you breast cancer - think of it as an abundance of gifts. ...more
Jacki Donaldson Talks Candidly About Her Breast Cancer Journey
At 34, Jacki Donaldson was a mother of 2 who, with no dispositon to breast cancer...then one day she discovered a lump and there began her journey with breast cancer.
A Page Out of My Breast Cancer Journey
I am a breast cancer survivor. I am also a wife, a mother, a sister, a daughter, an aunt, a friend, a scrapbooker, a shopper (I love shoes!) a preschool teacher...
Carol Jean
We said a few prayers, including a Hail Mary. Carol had always felt a special connection to Mary. I silently prayed that Mary would take care of my precious friend...
Mother/Daughter
A daughter discovers a mother's quiet comfort in the worst of times.
What Not to Say When A Loved One
Your best friend just told you she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. You have been friends for years, but now you don’t know what to say.
Angela's Journey
Tears are streaming down my face as I write this. Today, I learned that someone, whom I had never met, lost her ferocious battle with breast cancer. Angela Vecchio-Ozmon, a young mother of two from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, died this past Thursday. She was 39.
Breast Cancer Journeys
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Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in women, next to skin cancer. Each year 182, 000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and a staggering 43, 300 will die. Statistics also show that one in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
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