Category Archives: Breast Cancer

Another Milestone

  By Amanda | January 17, 2012 - 2:43 am | , ,
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Today I did something most women my age have not done . . . I had my first mammogram.  Because my mom was diagnosed at 47 doctors had long recommended that I start early screenings at the age of 30.  When her breast cancer metastasized the doctors insisted upon it.   However, I have been pregnant or breastfeeding for the last two years and this is the first week since my 30th birthday that I was allowed to be screened.  I made the first appointment available.  Since I am one of the first of my friends to have a mammogram let … Read more →

My Mom's battle – My War

  By Amanda | January 12, 2012 - 6:28 pm | , , ,
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Tuesday night, my teammates girlfriends and I attended the Susan G. Komen 3 Day Get started meeting. I think we all walked away moved and energized by our mission to make a difference in the fight against breast cancer.  Committed to waging war against this enemy!  I also walked away, having heard the very personal stories of women battling for their life and those that lost.  One particular story so closely mirrored my mom’s that I almost lost my breath.  As I listened to the story of this mom’s struggle I was moved to tell my own mom’s story.   A … Read more →

Will you join the Army of Women?

  By Amanda | December 22, 2011 - 2:32 pm | ,
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I’ve told you about my philosophy about funding for breast cancer research. And you know that I am participating in the Susan G. Komen 3 Day next October in honor of my mom.  But there is another organization that is leading a breast cancer research surge.  The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation’s Love/Avon Army of Women.  The Army of Women’s goal is to: To recruit one million healthy women of every age and ethnicity, including breast cancer survivors and women at high-risk for the disease, to partner with breast cancer researchers and directly participate in the research that will eradicate … Read more →

Grief

  By Amanda | December 14, 2011 - 2:16 am | , ,
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I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago and wasn’t sure if I was going to post it, but I have found that writing things down has been therapeutic for me.  It’s help me work through some of my thoughts and get them out — let them go.  And if someday someone else reads this and in some way it touches them then it was worth it.  So here goes . . .  I didn’t read any of the books on loss or grief. I didn’t want anyone telling me that my pain was the same as anyone else’s. … Read more →

Beyond the Pink Ribbon

  By Amanda | November 30, 2011 - 3:53 am | , ,
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Who does not know what a pink ribbon stands for?  The color pink has become synonymous with breast cancer.  Throughout the month of October virtually every store and business finds a way to go pink in support of breast cancer education. I would say the effort to educate the public about breast cancer, the risk and the need for regular screening has been a screaming success.   On the other hand we have so far to go in the search for a cure. Every 3 minutes one person in the U.S. is diagnosed with breast cancer More than 1.4 million … Read more →