6 Years Ago...
6 years ago... Survivor of Triple Negative Breast Cancer. No celebration, only sadness I feel... for the ladies that are still battling this horrible disease. I have two friends that are battling again...
View ArticleYSC 2015 Part 2 - Fitness & Nutrition...
Here is some notes from Young Survival Coalition Conference 2015 I've taken from a session I went to on Fitness & Nutrition, A Powerful Combo presented by Sami Mansfield, CPT of taking control of...
View ArticleMy Annual Mammogram..
I had 3D imaging mammogram and breast MRI all done in the month of August. After seeing three calcification spots on my mammogram, I just wasn't comfortable with my mammogram report's impression:...
View ArticleNominated to Receive the 2015 Debra A. Green Community Service Award...
Very exciting news... Next month October 10, 2015 at a breast cancer awareness brunch in my area, I will be honored with the Debra A. Green Community Service Award 2015 for Northwest Ohio presented by...
View ArticleJoan Lundens Triple Negative Breast Cancer Memoir to be Released...
Coming September 22, 2015, former Good Morning of America Journalist and Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor, Joan Lunden's memoir, "Had I Known" will be available for purchase through...
View ArticleSupporting Survivors of Toledo Area at Komen's Fashion Show...
August 29, 2015, I went to Franklin Park Mall to cheer on some local breast cancer survivor friends who were modeling in Komen's Fashion Show. A couple of these ladies are part of our Pink Sneakers...
View ArticleYSC 2015 Part 2: The Experience of Sisterhood...
YSC Houston 2015Last March 6-8, 2015, I attended Young Survival Coalition Summit in Houston, Texas for a weekend conference filled with 500+ breast cancer survivors, workshops, discussions,...
View ArticleMeet the President...
Welcome to our Center!On September 1, 2015, I was invited by Dr. Amy Thompson, Professor and Co-Director of University of Toledo's Center for Health and Successful Living to attend the visit of the...
View ArticleKomen Series #3: Together, We Are Strong in the Mission
While attending the reception and dinner at May 8, 2015, Komen Blogger Summit with fellow bloggers and Komen's social media team, conversations continued on Metastatic Breast Cancer while speaking with...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Survivor Uses Blog to Send Messages of Hope to Others
Here, I was interviewed by Megan, Sanctorum of WTOL News of my Triple Negative Breast Cancer journey and how I have used my blog to connect with other survivors. Toledo News Now, News, Weather, Sports,...
View ArticleThe Victory Center Gals Unite at Komen Breakfast 2015
Us Victory Center pink sistersThe Komen Breakfast has always been special to me, as I sat in a room not only with my Victory Center survivor gals, but with among hundreds of other breast cancer...
View ArticleHonored to Accept the 2015 Debra A. Green Community Service Award...
A ministering angel shall my sister be.Last weekend, October 10, 2015, I was so very honored to have received the 2015 Medical Mutual's Community Service Award presented to me by Debra A. Green...
View ArticleOakland A's Breast Cancer Awareness Game 2015 With My TNBC Sisters in...
About 4 years ago, one of my Triple Negative Breast Cancer sisters had posted photos from a breast cancer awareness baseball game with the Oakland A's that I thought was a fabulous event that they put...
View ArticleToledo Proud... Sweeping Away Cancer
Look what was driving pass my street today! AWESOMENESS!
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to Brandy....
Today, December 12th, 2015, I said goodbye to a special pink sister, Brandy Gilliland whom passed on Dec. 3rd at age 40 from a recurrence of her breast cancer after being in remission for 6 years....
View ArticleDetroit Tigers Pink out the Park 2015
On Friday September 15, 2015, I get a telephone call from my pink sister, Lynette of my local breast cancer group... Lynette asks me if I wanted to go to Detroit Tiger's Pink Out The Park game and that...
View ArticleStudy identifies first potential targeted drug for triple-negative breast...
“We found that a class of agents known as BET bromodomain inhibitors significantly impeded the growth of triple-negative breast cancer cells in laboratory as well as animal-model tests,” says the...
View ArticleThe Goose Story...
We are a sisterhood that share an unique bond... we stick together and support each other through the rough times. The Goose Story has been told at a couple of breast cancer awareness events that I've...
View ArticleTriple Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Day is March 3, 2016
Triple Negative Breast Cancer Day is the only global event dedicated to raising both awareness and funds exclusively for triple negative breast cancer.Toledo, Ohio Event - A Different Shade of Pink...
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