Help my friend Heather! The Race For the Cure is September 12th, just around the corner.

Help my friend Heather! The Race For the Cure is September 12th, just around the corner.

On a personal note, the more I thought about this the more I realized what I already knew. Without these funds for research there would not be new drugs out there for people like myself that have had three reoccurrences of breast cancer. The drugs I am taking for my diagnoses 6 weeks ago were not available in 2006. That hit too close to home. This money stays in Cincinnati for those LIVING with breast cancer and those in our future that may have to fight this nasty disease. Let’s find a CURE for breast cancer—forever.

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The Race for the Cure®

ONE EASY STEP: CLICK SUPPORT HEATHER AND LET’S SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN BRING IN TO STOP BREAST CANCER!!!!!!!

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. The Komen Greater Cincinnati Race for the Cure® raises money to fund education, screening and treatment programs for these women and thousands of others in our own community and supports the national search for a cure.

The Komen Race for the Cure® Series is the largest series of 5K run/ walks in the world. Since its origination in Dallas in 1983, the Komen Race for the Cure® Series has grown from one local race with 800 participants to an international series of 117 races with more than 1.5 million participants.

Now going through my fourth battle of cancer with a POSITIVE attitude!!!

…I thought I had fought the toughest battle of my life when I survived cancer at the age of 13. I lost my leg and then endured a year and a half of brutal therapy in 1982.

…following the birth of my second child, I was diagnosed in March 2006 with breast cancer – positive nodes were found under my arm. Mackenzie was 4 months old at the time. During a year of treatment, I cared for a newborn and her sister, Madison, who was 21 months older. Once treatment was done, I had a double mastectomy and reconstruction. After doing some research, I also decided to go through genetic testing for the breast cancer gene–I felt the need to do this for my girls. Thank goodness I do not carry the gene.

…In May 2008, just short of being two years clear of cancer, I found a lump under my arm. Cancer had also returned in my leg and the outer lining of my lung. (The day before, I had lost my job- things weren’t going my way). As of December 2008 all cancer was once again gone!!!!!! I continued treatment until April 2009.

On Friday May 29th, 2009, I found a black and blue lump about a 1/8th of an inch thick. It was the size of the palm of my hand and located about an inch under my collar bone on top of my ribs. It appeared out of nowhere. I went to the doctor Monday June 1 and had a CT of my neck and chest. The cancer was back. It was also in the lymph nodes in my neck. Yes, it can happen that quickly.

I obviously believe in being POSITIVE and in FIGHTING. Most importantly, I believe in LIVING. I believe my two girls need their Mom in their life. I also believe that in order to accomplish all these things, the need for continued research grows even stronger in order to find a CURE. I am living proof that the advancements in research and the continued funding of these advancements DO make a difference. Please help and click support Heather or join my team:).

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