I told you about our friend photographer Joao Silva from the New York Times, an old friend from South Africa, who lost both his legs to a land mine in Afghanistan in October. Joao took his first steps at Walter Reed this week. Take a look. And if chemo is knocking you out right now and you don't know how you are going to get through these next months. Watch this video of Joao and please go put on your running shoes. You will feel so much better. I promise. Don't give up.
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/joao-silvas-first-steps-to-recovery/?ref=world
My War Against Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Welcome
On September 28, 2009 I was diagnosed with stage 3 Triple Negative breast cancer. They found a 9 cm tumor and another smaller one while I was nursing my son. I started 17 rounds of chemo: ACT plus carboplatin. Had a double mastectomy on April 6, 2010 followed by 6.5 weeks of radiation. At the time of my surgery I had had a complete pathologic response to the chemo - no evidence of disease. Here's what I learned along the way:
If you would like to learn more about "Triple Negative" breast cancer, please click onto http://www.tnbcfoundation.org/.
If you would like to learn more about "Triple Negative" breast cancer, please click onto http://www.tnbcfoundation.org/.
Another fabulous site run by my friend Gina Maisano: http://www.nosurrenderbreastcancerhelp.org/index.html
If you want to donate to help find a cure, please donate to Susan G. Komen for a Cure.
Sign up for a "Look Good, Feel Better" class, if you've just been diagnosed. http://www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org/
Order Rebecca Katz's "The Cancer Fighting Kitchen" and "One Bite at a Time," my go-to cancer cookbooks for chemo patients and beyond.