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Updated 8/28/05
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Thank you to:
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us to get the word out. We truly appreciate your support!
Thanks also to
those of you who
are telling your
friends and
graciously sharing
your stories with
us.
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Lovely Mother Kristi - My Beautiful Daughter My Work is Not Done Yet Show My Support One Year and Counting |
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My Lovely Mother
I lost my lovely mother to breast cancer almost 30 years ago. She discovered a lump in her breast when she was only 35 years old. Although doctors did everything they could for her at the time, she passed away at 43 years of age with two young daughters at home. Not a day goes by that I don't wish for a cure for this dreaded disease so other children won't have to endure losing their mothers. Maybe in my lifetime...... Sue Dingeman
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Kristi - My Beautiful Daughter
My story is about my beautiful daughter, Kristi. Kristi had been doing self breast exams for several years. Kristi's father had died from cancer at 36, so Kristi knew how important breast exams were. Kristi discovered a lump in her breast in May, 1999.
She went to her gynecologist and was told by the nurse that it was nothing. Kristi wanted to be told it was nothing by the doctor, so made an appointment to see the doctor. The doctor also told Kristi it was nothing, and to come back in eight months for a check-up.
Kristi died eight months later of breast cancer that metasticzed to her liver. Kristi spent the last three months of her life in ICU. Kristi died on May 26, 2000. She did all the right things, she didn't have to die.
My plea is: PLEASE, if a doctor says it is nothing, get a second, or third opinion, until someone does a biopsy, mammogram, or an ultrasound. Kristi died at age 29. I do everything I can to support the cure. Purchasing the plates is one more way I can help. Sincerely, Karene, Kristi's mom.
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My Work is Not Done Yet
In June of 2002 I found a lump on my left breast. The next day I went to my doctor and he ordered a mammogram. The mammogram was inconclusive so the radiologist ordered an ultrasound.
The ultrasound radiologist told me to find a surgeon. I then had a lumpectomy with no clean margins. There were calcifications on my mammogram so I had a needle biopsy for those. They were cancerous. The surgeon then suggested a mastectomy. So August 8th 2002 I had a left mastectomy. I had 6 of 23 lymph nodes involved also. I started TAC chemotherapy in September with a port. After Chemo I had 7 weeks of radiation.
In the middle of radiation I had burns so bad the doctors thought I had heart problems so I was admitted in the hospital for 4 days to run tests. Thank God my heart was in good shape. I was clean all summer of 2003, but when I had my 3 month check up in September my tumor markers went up. The next month they doubled. The doctor ordered tests (bone scan, liver CAT scan, and chest X-ray but nothing showed. in November the marks tripled. So in December the doctor ordered a PET scan. The results showed widespread bone metasticism. I started chemo again in January of this year. Every week up until March and now it is every 10 days. I only have 4 more treatments. Maybe.
I am only 47 years old with 3 girls, andrea 20, brittani 16, and kayla 8. I am very positive I well go into remission because I feel my work here on earth is not done yet.
Thank You very much for the opportunity to support Breast Cancer with a license plate so other people can be aware of the disease.
Sincerely
Cindy Borden
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Show My Support
Hello, My name is Cherie Ingalls and I lost my mom Savanah Seymour November 5,2003 to breast cancer.
My mom had a double mastectomy 2 years prior to her passing away, we went through the chemo and the radiation treatments for a year. We thought that the worst was behind us, until October 27,2003 and my mom went into the hospital thinking that she just had a bad case of the flu come to find out, one of her implants was infected. The doctors removed her implants but the infection went into her blood stream and all of her organs started shutting down and in two horrible weeks she was gone.
I know that I am just one of millions of daughters or mothers out there that has a story but if there is anyway that I can show my support besides doing the race for the cure and wearing my pink ribbon everyday this would be my way to do it. You have my vote and all of my support behind you all. Good luck!!!!
Cherie Ingalls
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One Year and Counting
I just passed my one year anniversary of my breast cancer diagnosis and would do anything to help with the cause, especially early detection! My DCIS was caught on my baseline mammogram at 41. I got the basic call-back card in the mail and assumed that they just got a fuzzy picture since my internist told me that 1/3 of women my age get a call back since young breast tissue is so dense. If fact, I was so sure that it was nothing that I didn't tell anyone, including my husband, that I was going in for a new mammo...boy did my world turn around on that day! However, I was very lucky. The radiologist caught it so early that the concensus of all the doctors was all I needed was a mastectomy. I chose to share my situation with my nearby and far flung relatives, friends and co-workers via email updates several times a week. Because of these emails, many women went in for initial mammograms or quickly scheduled ones they had been lax in getting. I wear one of my many breast cancer awareness pins almost constantly and share my story with anyone that will listen...I was saved by early detection. I would be honored to put a breast cancer awareness plate on both of our cars and have spread this website to all my colorado friends and acquaintances.
Nancy Wallace Colorado Springs
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