My lowest time to my bravest time because I looked good and Felt Better by Peggy Dado Look Good…Feel Better is an amazing program. I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer in April 2007. This form of breast cancer is the most aggressive and has the lowest survivor rates than other breast cancers. In January [...]
Archive for August 17th, 2009
Women of Hope is Beautiful Entry – Peggy Dado
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Women of Hope is Beautiful Entry -Angela Marie Giolitto
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Out of My Bad I Found Good by Angela Marie Giolitto When I first heard I had breast cancer, I felt as if I was blown to pieces. I was only 29, unmarried, and having to have a mastectomy. Although I was left disfigured, I was elated knowing I was cancer free. A survivor, that’s [...]
Women of Hope is Beautiful Entry – Laura Hall
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Just put on a little lipstick…by Laura Hall My mother was a firm believer in lipstick. She felt lipstick could pull you through most anything difficult in life you were facing. As young girls, we used to make fun of her for this. If we failed a test, had a huge zit, or a broken [...]
Women of Hope is Beautiful Entry – Shirley Vincent
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Mirrored Goodness by Shirley Vincent You’re still beautiful on the inside. Don’t worry! Your hair will grow back. Comforting words, but as I gazed into the mirror, ET gazed back. With errant wisps of hair and a solitary eyelash on each eyelid, I felt more hideous than human. But I’m stubborn. I wasn’t going to [...]
Women of Hope is Beautiful Entry – Aarika Johnson
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Um, excuse me, could you repeat that please? by Aarika Johnson My name is Aarika Johnson, and this is the story of my crazy year. After changing my major in college several times, I came home to my husband, Casey, and said, “hey honey, now that you spent $20,000 on my education, guess what? I [...]
Women of Hope is Beautiful Entry – Tatiana Willis
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Life wasn’t punishing me, but giving me a chance by Tatiana Willis It’s very hard to see something good it every bad situation, especially if bad situation includes cancer diagnoses Hard, but worth it. Two years ago at age of 37, I was (what I thought) perfectly healthy. I was trying to explain the increasing [...]
Women of Hope is Beautiful Entry – Lisa Morgan
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Make a Difference by Lisa Morgan The C word, cancer. What a scary word. I was diagnosed Feb. 11, 2009 with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. It is the rarest blood cancer, but very curable. As of today, I have 2 chemotherapy treatments to go. And then we will do scans again. I didn’t want cancer, but I want [...]
Women of Hope is Beautiful Entry – Sharon Asato
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Aloha Cancer Aloha (Hello Cancer, Goodbye Cancer) by Sharon Asato I live in Honolulu Hawaii, my name is Sharon Asato and I am a Cancer survivor of almost 2 years. (diagnosed in 2006 finished treatments in 2008). As all cancer patients experience first fear, shock, denial, devastation, then anger and depression sets in. I felt [...]
Women of Hope is Beautiful Entry – Nichole Spindler
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The New Me, Three Times Over by Nichole Spindler December 28, 2007: I need a change, something to represent a new me and a new year. I decided to lop off 11 inches of my ponytail and donate it to an organization that makes wigs for children who have lost their hair as a result [...]
Women of Hope is Beautiful Entry – Margaret K. Jackman
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Can Cancer Be a Gift? by Margaret K. Jackman When my husband Bill died unexpectedly last October, half-way through chemo to combat Hodgkins lymphoma, I said my awful education in cancer is over. Bill left me in a financial mess. I lost my car, and had to put our house on the market. After 25 [...]
