Olympic Gold

He will begin treatment within the next few weeks; surgery, possibly radiation and chemotherapy. That will be done on his own and with the cheering crowds of family and friends and not televised for millions. There’s not much glamour in the oncology department andthat’s why he and every other patient who is fighting cancer deserve a medal.

Survivor wedding

A possible opportunity for one of my readers.  If you follow up and are chosen you MUST let us know so we can watch!!
This is via Breast Cancer Network of Strength (formerly Y-me)
Do you know a survivor who might be getting married?
I’m Christina and work for Breast Cancer Network of Strength.
Each year, BRIDE’S Magazine has [...]

The lottery winner

From the Daily Mail.
Breast cancer survivor wins £2.5m on lottery… but insists: ‘I’d rather have kept my health’
A year ago Tracy Foster was in the grip of despair as she battled breast cancer. Now, after two operations and gruelling courses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy the killer disease is in remission.
And the divorced mother-of-two’s change in [...]

But mom, the doctor said to play my video games

How adults fret over video games. They’re playing games and not reading books, playing outside, getting a job and on and on. Now, research shows that playing Re-mission, a specially designed video game can actually improve compliance behaviors and somehow, enhance the effectiveness of treatment in [...]

Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon is 42 years old and has just recently gone public about battling breast cancer in 2006. She had a lumpectomy and radiation treatments. She is the daughter of a breast cancer survivor and says that as such she was much more aware. She will serve as an ambassador for Susan G. Komen for [...]

Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher is a film producer, author, and  blogger. She founded the popular progressive blog Firedoglake. Firedoglake won a 2005 Koufax award for Best Series for its detailed coverage of the Valerie Plame affair.  She was diagnosed with breast cancer for the third time in December of 2006 at age 47. She had successful surgery [...]

Christine Gregoire

In August 2003 Christine Gregoire was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is reported as saying to her surgeon, “I’m obviously going to drop out of the race for governor, he responded with, ‘Why would you do that? . She was elected governor of the state of Washington in November 2004.  She is Washington’s second female [...]

National Cancer Survivors Day

National Cancer Survivors Day® is an annual, worldwide Celebration of Life that is held in hundreds of communities throughout the United States, Canada, and other participating countries. Participants unite in a symbolic event to show the world that life after a cancer diagnosis can be a reality.
In most areas, National Cancer Survivors Day is traditionally [...]

I swear I’m not pregnant

If you get a laugh before the end of this clip, you must go and read the rest of this post at www.boobalicious-trixila.blogspot.com (I can’t seem to get the link to work, sorry)

A public service announcement: Please stop asking me if I’m pregnant.
I’m not.
I know that I seem to be more of child bearing [...]

Wonder Women

This image is from www.wearewonderwomen.com/blog
It is a site from Singapore and there are a couple of cultural references that you may not get but it is inspiring and an interesting peek into the world of a survivor across the globe. The image is available from her site as a download for wallpaper.