Living With Breast Cancer is something I hope I never have to do, although to be honest, the statistics aren't promising for me and the other women I love in my life. The scary truth is that 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer in her lifetime.
In the time that it takes you to read this e-mail, several women will have been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. What does this mean to their friends, their families, and their own lives?
Hopefully you'll never have to experience exactly how much pain, suffering, and anxiety living with Breast Cancer causes. I do want to share a story I found that may help you to at least understand.
Here is Bonni's story on her journey with Breast Cancer:
"It has been six years since my last chemotherapy treatment...I was 31 years old and did not need a mammogram and certainly did not have time for one...it was very suspicious of malignancy...decided that ok, I was the one who was suppose to go through this and I was gonna be strong for my family and kids...I told the man I was dating that he was dismissed from the relationship...just like a man, he wanted to stay...I was not really ready like I tried to get my family to believe, I hate needles, I hate pain...I was dry heaving before my first session was complete. Oh joy and rapture how many more of these do I get? ...the chemo would make me vomit for five days and I could not get up only to get sick...so when I completed that I did my radiation which was a walk in the park...it was a very humbling experience, losing your hair and half your breast...by the grace of God I have a beautiful 10 month old son, along with a gorgeous 10 year old daughter (Whom looks just like me) and a very handsome 12 year old son, and a hunk a hunk of burning love Husband who without him I am not sure if I would even be here."
Read more stories like Bonni's by following this link: http://www.pinkribbonshop.com/breastcancersurvivorstories.aspx
About 40,170 women in the U.S. were expected to die in 2009 from breast cancer. Please, please, please help me fight for a cure. I don't want to worry about losing my mother, my grandmother, my aunts, my friends, my sister-in-law or my co-workers to this horrible disease.
Click here if you are able to donate: www.the3day.org/goto/kendradwyer.
Sincerely,
Kendra
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