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Please show your support of the EARLY Act for Breast Cancer
I’ve posted before about the importance of the EARLY Act. FORCE is submitting a wonderful letter showing their support and I urge you to add your name to the letter. Feel free to read the full letter...
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100 things to share about cancer in honor of my 100th blog post.
In honor of my 100th blog post, I’ve started a list of 100 things to share about cancer. I actually thought a lot about this list. I didn’t want to bore with you with lots of useless facts. Haven’t...
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Raising Awareness of Hereditary Cancer
I’ve spent a lot of time in the past month thinking about hereditary cancer issues. Last Friday, I spoke to the Michigan Cancer Genetics Alliance about FORCE. And in between, I’ve had two FORCE...
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Taking Action–Addressing the New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
Last week I had the opportunity to join a great group of women on a panel to talk about the new breast cancer screening guidelines put out by the USPTF. I sat at the table with Senator Gilda Jacobs,...
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Vote for Friendship Circle
Yes I’m usually pretty focused on breast cancer. But there are many other causes that are important to me. Today, in particular, I’m focused on The Friendship Circle–a remarkable organization that...
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Vote for FORCE in the Chase Community Giving Challenge
If you regularly read my blog, you know that I am very passionate about a lot of organizations, but there are two in particular that are nearest and dearest to my heart. One is Susan G. Komen–the...
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One more little request
With Representative Wasserman Schultz This is my second post in one week. Pretty certain you’re reading this and running in the other direction wondering what I want you to do now. I know, every time...
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Here come the 40s.
In less than 1 week, I will celebrate my 40th birthday. Many people have asked me how I feel about turning 40 and I can honestly say, I’m excited. Getting older beats the alternative and unfortunately,...
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Celebrating 41 years
On March 27, in just one week, I will celebrate my 41st birthday. Birthdays are meaningful to me–especially this one. I was 36 when I was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. This year I turn 41 and...
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Previvors have powerful knowledge
I just finished watching a video from TEDMED 2012 of a presentation given by Dr. Ivan Oransky. In the video, he speaks about predisease states. The presentation seemed interesting, at first, as he...
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