Survivors Raise Hope
Ride, After-Party To Support Breast Cancer Survivors By Chelsea Peifer – Town Lively – Engle Printing As a five-year breast cancer survivor, Bainbridge resident Kim Coy is all too familiar with the way that medical expenses continue to add up after insurance coverage ends. “A survivor has another chapter in an unwritten book that changes almost daily,” Coy said. “Some …
These items will be available for purchase at event Oct 5th – Survivors Raise Hope Event
This story starts in May of 2012, when during my annual mammogram there was a lump in my right breast that needed biopsied. The biopsy was within 2 days and the diagnosis the next day. It was Stage 1 Breast Cancer. I really do not remember much of the conversation after hearing those words. The whirlwind of doctor appointments began …
The average 5-year survival rate for people with breast cancer is 90%. The average 10-year survival rate is 83%. If the cancer is located only in the breast, the 5-year relative survival rate of people with breast cancer is 99%. Sixty-one percent (61%) of cases are diagnosed at this stage. If the cancer has spread to the regional lymph nodes, …
A survivor has another chapter in an unwritten book that changes almost daily. Some things change temporarily, others are permanent. Our non-profit organization the Ta Ta Rebels Inc. is to support other survivors like myself. Our goal is to help individual survivors with after treatment/surgery expenses. For 5 years, there are scans every 6 months by either mammograms or MRI, …
I am a Breast Cancer survivor of 5 years. I developed lymphedema a year and half after a partial mastectomy and the removal of lymph nodes. By the time I was diagnosed with lymphedema, I had already lost 40% usage of my right arm due to the swelling and pain. I went through aggressive lymphedema therapy to relieve the pain …