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  • Pink on the Green: beginning the process

    Pink Ribbons Project
    4 Feb 2010 | 12:43 pm
    On April 11, 2010, Pink Ribbons Project is hosting our annual “Pink Pairs” event, but with a twist. Pink on the Green will be a magical and exciting picnic-style evening honoring 6 breast cancer survivors and their spouses. For all the nitty-gritty details of the event, click here. Planning an event like this requires MANY steps that go un-noticed. First comes the concept, then come the chairs, then comes the logo, etc. This week? Underwriting letters. An underwriter letter is a letter to a Pink Ribbons Project supporter asking them to contribute to a certain event. In this…

  • 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon

    Pink Ribbons Project
    21 Jan 2010 | 11:31 am
    Once again, Pink Ribbons Project had the honor of being a “Run for a Reason” Charity for the Houston Chevron Marathon. Runners have raised almost $20,000 for Pink Ribbons Project this year! Not only did our runners raise an extraordinary amount of money, but they ran an incredible amount of miles! Pink Ribbons Project was on hand to cheer them on at our usual “hoopla station” at Niko Niko’s- right at Mile 8. Congratulations again to our amazing runners–you are all truly an inspiration! To donate to Pink Ribbons Project’s Houston Marathon, click here.

  • Pink Power: Pink Ribbons Project’s Impact in 2009

    Pink Ribbons Project
    17 Dec 2009 | 12:17 pm
    Through our “Pink Power” program, Pink Ribbons Project made a huge impact in the Greater Houston community in 2009. We allocated almost $310,000 to support breast cancer awareness, treatment and education in the community: (take a deep breath, it’s a long list!) $145,000 to The Rose for a new ultrasound machine that will help reduce the current six-week wait time for ultrasounds. $99,000 for the third year to collaborate with Harris County Hospital District for the Pink Ribbons project Saturday Mammography Program. In addition to the Quentin Mease Clinic (which we have…

  • Our New Executive Director

    Pink Ribbons Project
    9 Dec 2009 | 12:37 pm
    Today is a big day in the Pink Ribbons Project office because starting in January, we will have a new head honcho (in technical terms, a new Executive Director). But “new” doesn’t begin to describe Loubel Cruz–she’s been a part of the Pink Ribbons Project family for about 8 and a half years. After graduating from Notre Dame, Loubel began a job as an education reporter for the Houston Chronicle.  To make some extra money, she started teaching ice skating at the Galleria. There, a little girl named Marika Rafte was in one of her classes, and she was introduced to…

  • Inflammatory Breast Cancer

    Pink Ribbons Project
    2 Dec 2009 | 11:32 am
    Pink Ribbons Project will be represented at the upcoming 2009 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), which is presented by the CTRC, AACR, and the Baylor College of Medicine. “The driving force behind this collaboration is the shared mission of the organizations to advance progress against breast cancer. By combining their respective strengths, the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium encompasses the full spectrum of breast cancer research and facilitates the rapid transition of new knowledge into improved care for breast cancer patients.” For more information, visit…
 
 
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  • Breast Cancer and Depression

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:38 am
    Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Topics: Breast Cancer, Depression, Exercise and Physical Fitness, Nutrition (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

  • Adjuvant radiotherapy wasteful for low-risk breast cancer

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:10 am
    (Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)

  • Tamoxifen Not Being Used Much for Prevention of Breast Cancer

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:11 am
    A survey in the United States shows that very few women are taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer, even though the drug can cut risk in half. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines)

  • Less radiotherapy controls tumours

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:51 am
    Women fighting breast cancer could be given less radiotherapy after research showed larger doses given less often were just as effective (Source: Nursing in Practice)

  • Radiotherapy works with less doses

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:07 am
    Fewer and larger doses of breast cancer radiotherapy are just as effective in fighting the disease researchers have claimed (Source: Pharmacy Europe)
 
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  • Conference for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer

    Phyllis Johnson
    7 Feb 2010 | 4:59 am
    Having breast cancer is always hard.  Having it before age 45 adds an additional layer of issues.  Most women with breast cancer have already had their children, have finished menopause, and may be retired or near the end of their professional career.  Younger women have concerns about how cancer will affect their fertility, their family, and their profession.   Younger women can also feel isolated.  There may be no...

  • Cleaning for a Reason: A Support Service for Women in Cancer Treatment

    Phyllis Johnson
    31 Jan 2010 | 11:35 am
    When I was in cancer treatment, I had many people say, “Let me know how I can help.”  Sometimes I asked for a ride to the doctor, but most of the time I was too set on being independent to ask. But I would have never asked for what I needed most—someone to clean my bathroom!  You have to know a person pretty well to ask him or her to scrub your toilet, and the two or three people in the whole world I might have...

  • Follow-up Care: Balancing Vigilance and Faith

    Phyllis Johnson
    17 Jan 2010 | 10:22 am
      January 15, 1999 I finished eight and a half months of cancer treatments:  chemo, surgery, more chemo, and  radiation.  Finally, I was done, ready to get back to my normal life.  From early March 1998 when I first saw a doctor for my breast symptoms, I had not gone longer than two weeks without a medical appointment.   However, like many breast cancer patients, I didn't feel relieved; I felt adrift; I felt...

  • Lights in the Dark

    Phyllis Johnson
    21 Dec 2009 | 2:41 am
      December 21, the longest night in the northern hemisphere this year.  Darkness surrounds us, and the memories of all those we have lost this year sear our souls.   Sure, most people get well from breast cancer.  Depending on how you count, more than 80 per cent will live out their expected life times.  But we lost friends who were too young with children still depending on them.  Others had just begun to spend...

  • Reaching Out: Calendars, Companions, and Charity

    Phyllis Johnson
    19 Dec 2009 | 5:05 am
    Do you have your 2010 calendar yet?  Check out the calendar designed by Deirdre D'Aulerio and photographed by Mary Britt that honors women with inflammatory breast cancer and the folks who support them.  Mary originally met Deirdre when she took some family portraits of Deirdre with her husband and baby.  Less than two years later, Deirdre asked Mary to take some more pictures of her with her son before she lost her hair to...
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  • Making up for Things Breast Cancer has Stolen

    admin
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:16 pm
    I was looking for a pair of earrings the other day that I haven’t worn in years. I couldn’t find them because they were among the pieces of jewelry that were stolen during a break-in that occurred during the first months I was going through chemotherapy. It happened during the day while everyone was out of the house. I had forgot the earrings were among the things stolen. In the midst of battling breast cancer, a break-in seemed like a small thing. Now and then though I realize that pieces of me were stolen during that robbery. Little things that might not have been extremely…

  • Taking a New Medication to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

    admin
    29 Jan 2010 | 3:32 pm
    The new prescription for Femera is pinned to my fridge with a magnet. I’ve put it there so I won’t forget about filling it at the end of the month and guess what? It’s the end of the month. I had such a bad experience with Arimidex that you can hardly blame me for not being more enthusiastic about starting this new one. I didn’t mind tamoxifen at all, but my doctor decided that I am done with it. Studies show that there is no increase in benefit from taking tamoxifen for more than five years. Now my oncologist insists that following with five years of Femera will…

  • What Did You Learn from Breast Cancer?

    admin
    27 Jan 2010 | 12:41 pm
    I had to stand in a long line to pay for my groceries this weekend. Once I finished reading all the covers of the gossip magazines which updated me on the important stuff in the world, I decided to entertain myself by making a mental list of all the things that I learned from having breast cancer. I thought I would share it with you. Breast cancer taught me: That it’s not what you have but who you are that matters. That healthy people get cancer. That good people get cancer. That if life was fair no one would get cancer. That you need to be grateful for the good times. That a real…

  • Buying Shoes to Get Through Chemo

    admin
    22 Jan 2010 | 1:02 pm
    I have decided that I need a pair of red patent leather high heel pumps with a platform. I saw them somewhere a couple of weeks ago and they keep creeping into my thoughts. I have a real weakness for shoes. This doesn’t make me unique as a woman, shoes have a real appeal for most of us. These shoes are pretty sensational though, they are shiny and the perfect shade of tomato red and have at least a four inch heel. I picture them with a skinny pair of jeans (I was envisioning when I was skinnier). Truthfully I didn’t buy them because I sensed they would end up with the rest of my…

  • Cancer Patients Need Treatment but That Doesn’t Mean We Trust it

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    18 Jan 2010 | 10:38 am
    There is no way to express the horror I feel over the devastation and human suffering caused by the earthquake in Haiti. It is beyond understanding how these people are coping in the midst of this. I watched the news with real heartbreak as some Haitians refused to eat rations provided off of trucks. One individual took the package and started telling everyone not to eat it as the date said it was expired. People started rejecting the packaged food and throwing it on the ground as the truck drove off. Others chased after the truck begging them to provide more. As friends and family expressed…
 
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  • Acupuncture Reduces Hot Flashes, Increases Sex Drive

    6 Feb 2010 | 12:06 am
    It's exciting to see a form of complementary medicine that's considered safe and is able to soothe what ails you! If you are receiving hormonal therapy, please give thought to trying acupuncture.

  • Watchful Waiting Instead of Biopsy?

    4 Feb 2010 | 12:45 am
    Researchers from the University of Virginia recently proposed that short-term follow-up, or "watchful waiting," be used as a reasonable alternative to invasive biopsies of palpable breast lesions (meaning, they can be felt)--if those lesions display traits typical of benign growths.

  • The Time of the Month for a Breast MRI

    27 Jan 2010 | 12:27 am
    Where you are in your menstrual cycle may influence the results of this test.

  • Genetic Testing: More than a Blood Test

    22 Jan 2010 | 8:41 pm
    Before you embark on genetic testing, it's wise to have genetic counseling first. This involves a genetics expert (geneticist) looking back 3 generations along your family tree to find everyone in that family tree who had cancer.

  • Breast Density Linked With Increased Breast-Cancer Risk

    21 Jan 2010 | 2:23 am
    Previous studies have revealed that women with dense breast tissue seem to have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women without dense breasts.
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  • decisions

    Darryle Pollack
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:42 am
    Though it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind,  I think this is V’s least favorite thing about me:  not only being indecisive, but also revisiting decisions I already supposedly made.  ( Somehow this isn’t a problem when it comes to making decisions for everyone else–that’s easy.) And now my indecisiveness can extend into cyberspace:  Facebook, Twitter, blogs, email–when and where and why and how to comment and connect—can all be completely confounding and confusing. Even my own blog can be confusing. I started out with one decision:…

  • Home SWEET Home

    Darryle Pollack
    5 Feb 2010 | 11:26 am
    People were so taken by those Carmel cottages I posted about recently— I have to share my favorite. If you’re in Carmel, don’t miss it— it’s so tiny, you easily could. There it is, tucked away on the main street in town….a scene right out of a storybook…. Like many local cottages, there’s a quaint little sign with the name: which fits perfectly.: As a frequent visitor, I can testity that the Cottage of Sweets is equally perfect inside….. The decor is in my favorite color….chocolate brown….  and in excellent taste. Related…

  • Far away….

    Darryle Pollack
    4 Feb 2010 | 1:02 pm
    … .. faded from the headlines—from the hearts and minds of many Americans occupied with pressing problems in Haiti and closer to home. For other Americans it’s still far but not forgotten.  Never for an instant can they forget the people they love, separated by continents and conflicts far from home….held close to their hearts. Today I said goodbye to our soldier.  After a short visit home he’s begun his long trip back to a place I will never see, on the other side of the world  in the middle of a desert. Right now he’s on a plane or walking through an…

  • how do you celebrate?

    Darryle Pollack
    4 Feb 2010 | 1:06 am
    The groundhog has barely crawled back underground—- and now I find out there’s already another day in early February that demands attention. Today is World Cancer Day.    So, um…….Best Wishes Have a Happy Merry Congratulations FUCK Cancer?    That last one sounds about right. As a cancer activist I can’t write about anything else and I can’t let this day pass unmentioned….and I’m not sure how to commemorate this day designated by the World Health Organization— that feels like so many other days when cancer is on my radar and on my…

  • Money talks….

    Darryle Pollack
    3 Feb 2010 | 2:24 am
    …..and often it seems as if people talk about nothing else.   For good reason: 44% of American families spend more than they earn The average American household carries over $8000 in credit card debt Money is the #1 cause of divorce And these  figures were  BEFORE the current crisis. It’s scary—not only the economy; but the issues around our unhealthy relationships with money—as a society and as individuals.   When it comes to money, otherwise smart people can do some very dumb things. I’m not pointing fingers or naming names (though the name Madoff leaps…
 
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  • Pink on the Green: beginning the process

    Pink Ribbons Project
    4 Feb 2010 | 12:43 pm
    On April 11, 2010, Pink Ribbons Project is hosting our annual “Pink Pairs” event, but with a twist. Pink on the Green will be a magical and exciting picnic-style evening honoring 6 breast cancer survivors and their spouses. For all the nitty-gritty details of the event, click here. Planning an event like this requires MANY steps that go un-noticed. First comes the concept, then come the chairs, then comes the logo, etc. This week? Underwriting letters. An underwriter letter is a letter to a Pink Ribbons Project supporter asking them to contribute to a certain event. In this…

  • 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon

    Pink Ribbons Project
    21 Jan 2010 | 11:31 am
    Once again, Pink Ribbons Project had the honor of being a “Run for a Reason” Charity for the Houston Chevron Marathon. Runners have raised almost $20,000 for Pink Ribbons Project this year! Not only did our runners raise an extraordinary amount of money, but they ran an incredible amount of miles! Pink Ribbons Project was on hand to cheer them on at our usual “hoopla station” at Niko Niko’s- right at Mile 8. Congratulations again to our amazing runners–you are all truly an inspiration! To donate to Pink Ribbons Project’s Houston Marathon, click here.

  • Pink Power: Pink Ribbons Project’s Impact in 2009

    Pink Ribbons Project
    17 Dec 2009 | 12:17 pm
    Through our “Pink Power” program, Pink Ribbons Project made a huge impact in the Greater Houston community in 2009. We allocated almost $310,000 to support breast cancer awareness, treatment and education in the community: (take a deep breath, it’s a long list!) $145,000 to The Rose for a new ultrasound machine that will help reduce the current six-week wait time for ultrasounds. $99,000 for the third year to collaborate with Harris County Hospital District for the Pink Ribbons project Saturday Mammography Program. In addition to the Quentin Mease Clinic (which we have…

  • Our New Executive Director

    Pink Ribbons Project
    9 Dec 2009 | 12:37 pm
    Today is a big day in the Pink Ribbons Project office because starting in January, we will have a new head honcho (in technical terms, a new Executive Director). But “new” doesn’t begin to describe Loubel Cruz–she’s been a part of the Pink Ribbons Project family for about 8 and a half years. After graduating from Notre Dame, Loubel began a job as an education reporter for the Houston Chronicle.  To make some extra money, she started teaching ice skating at the Galleria. There, a little girl named Marika Rafte was in one of her classes, and she was introduced to…

  • Inflammatory Breast Cancer

    Pink Ribbons Project
    2 Dec 2009 | 11:32 am
    Pink Ribbons Project will be represented at the upcoming 2009 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), which is presented by the CTRC, AACR, and the Baylor College of Medicine. “The driving force behind this collaboration is the shared mission of the organizations to advance progress against breast cancer. By combining their respective strengths, the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium encompasses the full spectrum of breast cancer research and facilitates the rapid transition of new knowledge into improved care for breast cancer patients.” For more information, visit…
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