Breast Cancer Weblog. A blog where survivors share their stories of diagnosis, treatment and life after breast cancer and new product updates. http://www.pinkribbonshop.com Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:15:00 -0500 Kim is in bed sick this morning. We had to cancel our trip to Austin. Our young girls, for some unknown reason, really want to see the State Capitol. Kim has a slight fever, nausea, and bone and joint pain, all side effects of the medications she is on. We spent this Thursday at M.D. Anderson where she was given her first of what will be a monthly... http://www.pinkribbonshop.com/weblog.htm Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:15:00 -0500 Encouragement wherever you go! Our Celebrate Life breast cancer awareness pocket token is all pewter with an enameled pink ribbon and angel embossed design. Eloquent words from Ralph Waldo Emerson are thoughtfully engraved on the other side of the token: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us". Powerful and truly inspirational words for the newly diagnosed. Hopeful and optimistic words for the survivor. http://www.pinkribbonshop.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=446 Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:15:00 -0500 I am a 2 1/2 year breast cancer survivor. Luckily, my cancer was caught by mammogram in the very early stages. It was a stage 1 cancer. I had a lumpectomy and all the lymph nodes removed under the arm on that side. The nodes were all clear. I was able to get by without chemo, but I had 35 radiation treatments. God truly blessed me. http://www.pinkribbonshop.com/survivor_stories/breast_cancer_survivor_nancy2.htm Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:01:00 -0500 My name is Leitha and I was 36 when I found a knot in my breast...She looked at me with tears in her eyes and said - honey, it doesn't look good...Me, myself and I had a pity party that night, the first of many...Surgery to remove the cancer cancerous lymph nodes, a second surgery because they didn't get it all (dirty margins), 12 weekly doses of taxol, 3 months of FAC and 6 weeks of radiation...One thing I learned is, cancer had to be harder on those who love me than it was on me...I have a family who cares about, the most wonderful son, a man (Bill) who loves and adores me, and a God who has me in his healing hands. http://www.pinkribbonshop.com/survivor_stories/breast_cancer_survivor_leitha.htm Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:01:00 -0500