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Posted Mar 9th 2007 10:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Breast Cancer, Cancer Survivors
I'm wearing a pretty pink sticky note on my shirt. It was taped on me just recently by my six-year-old Joey who's been busy in kindergarten learning to spell words. He's in the sounding-out stage and as long as he gets his consonants right, we're happy. Joey's teacher says he doesn't need to master the vowels just yet, and with that in mind, Joey is doing a pretty impressive job of crafting real words -- although sometimes he misses.
Tonight, Joey had a hit and a miss. But the sentiment buried in his written message -- cryptic as it was -- is enough to warm my heart.
Joey always links me with breast cancer -- no surprise, since he's been a key player in my match with cancer since it began two years ago -- and so tonight, he wrote on the pink sticky note,
Bube skawos. He tells me it reads,
Boobie cancer. Not so sure about the
cancer part. But the
boobie part speaks loud and clear. And even more clear is the breast cancer ribbon he drew on the same sticky note, just before he pinned me with his powerful work of art.
Joey's smile spanned from ear to ear as he presented me with my special badge. And I'm smiling just the same as I look at the little pink piece of paper given to me by my loving little boy.
Posted Oct 7th 2006 1:23PM by Dalene Entenmann
Filed under: Breast Cancer, Blogs, Survivor Spotlight
Journalist, teacher, mother and eight-year breast cancer survivor Jeanne Sather is a self-described outspoken advocate for the cancer patient's point of view.
A vegetarian since the age of 16 and fairly active, she does not have any of the known risk factors for breast cancer. After an all-clear mammogram at the age of 40, she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43. In an ironic twist of employment fate, the very job she was hired to do in chronicling her life online as a breast cancer patient, may have led to her firing because of the flexible work schedule breast cancer treatment required.
With a sharp clarity and well-earned perspective, Sather is
The Assertive Cancer Patient. To our good fortune here at The Cancer Blog, she has agreed to take part in our Survivor Spotlight series featuring interviews with breast cancer survivors.
Continue reading Survivor Spotlight: assertive cancer patient Jeanne Sather
Posted Sep 18th 2006 9:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Breast Cancer, Cancer events, Fundraisers, Exercise, Cancer Survivors
Beginning today, these words will be broadcast on various local Gainesville radio stations. These words are about breast cancer, about raising money for this serious disease, about
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, about the American Cancer Society. These words are about me. These are my words.
I'm Jacki. I'm someone you know. I'm a mother of two young sons, a wife, a sister, an aunt, a daughter, a friend. I am a freelance writer and a preschool teacher. I like to exercise and scrapbook and watch my little boys enjoy life's simple pleasures. I like pedicures, massages and candles. I'm 36 years old. I'm someone you know -- but I'm not alone.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer almost two years ago. And the American Cancer Society was instrumental in my recovery. I was comforted by their cancer programs and events, soothed by volunteers who called me at home to lend an ear, and educated by American Cancer Society literature and resources.
Join me for our Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Saturday, October 14th, at the North East Park in Gainesville at 7:30 a.m. to help fund breast cancer research. Visit www.cancer.org or call 1-800-ACS-2345 to learn how you can become involved. Because someone you know has breast cancer. I'm someone you know -- I'm a breast cancer survivor -- and with the American Cancer Society, I'm not alone.Posted Aug 16th 2006 6:22PM by Dalene Entenmann
Filed under: Ovarian Cancer, Celebrity news
When Patsy Ramsey
passed away from a recurrence of ovarian cancer two months ago, many felt she died under the shadow of suspicion concerning her possible involvement in the murder of her six-year-old daughter JonBenet, whose beaten and strangled body was found by her father John Ramsey in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
At the time of Patsy Ramsey's death, the family attorney Lin Wood said, "I think people will remember Patsy as being someone who was falsely accused in connection with the death of her daughter when she should be remembered for being an incredibly loving mother, wonderful wife, and person who showed great courage in fighting a vicious disease over the last many years."
Today, breaking news reveals that a suspect has been arrested in the murder of JonBenet. Confessing to elements of the crime, the 42-year-old American second-grade school teacher John Karr was apprehended in Thailand.
John Ramsey confirmed in a written statement that Patsy was aware of the authorities interest in the suspect and she died knowing that the case was about to be solved and the murderer of her child was about to be brought to justice. She did not leave this world not knowing.
Posted Jul 22nd 2006 12:00PM by Dalene Entenmann
Filed under: Brain Cancer, Childhood Cancers, Events
Alyssa Bruno, who is five years old, has been diagnosed with diffuse pontine glioma, a brain stem cancer. With a birthday card and a penny for good luck, you can help little Alyssa of Henrietta celebrate her birthday. On August 2, when Alyssa turns six years old, the Federation of Social Workers will deliver all the birthday cards and lucky pennies to Alyssa.
The request began as an email send out by one of Alyssa's teachers. She sent out the email requesting birthday cards and lucky pennies for Alyssa, with an additional request that the person receiving the email forward it on to others. As of now, the federation has received 35 birthday cards for Alyssa. If you would like to brighten the day of a little girl who is facing cancer on her very special day, send her a birthday card to:
Alyssa Bruno Birthday Cards
Federation of Social Workers
167 Flanders Street (D-12)
Rochester, New York 14619
Don't forget the lucky penny!
Posted May 15th 2006 5:54PM by Dalene Entenmann
Filed under: Drug, Prevention
Stuart Shifrin, who originally volunteered to be one of the first teachers in a research internship program at the National Institutes of Health sixteen years ago, has since become a key player in the discovery and development of a promising new cancer drug. When the opportunity to participate in the Student and Teacher Internship Program, sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute -- that places high school students and teachers in NIH labs to experience science in action -- Shifrin thought it might be an educational experience in how scientific research is conducted and nothing more.
Because Shifrin lost his father to colon cancer, he asked to spend his time in the summer research project at the National Cancer Institute. He found himself in Leonard M. Neckers lab. At the time, Neckers and his postdoctoral fellow, Luke Whitesell, were examining a group of drugs that appeared to turn cancerous cells into normal cells. They asked Shifrin to put some drugs called benzoquinone ansamycins on cancer cells and report back what happened. The rest of the serendipitous story in cancer drug history-in-the-making is
here.
Photo credit: Tom Kochel
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