PA Breast Cancer Coalition - Blog » Carol http://s389932830.onlinehome.us/blog Just another WordPress site Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:51:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Inspired by an Annual Appointment http://s389932830.onlinehome.us/blog/2010/03/inspired-by-an-annual-appointment/ http://s389932830.onlinehome.us/blog/2010/03/inspired-by-an-annual-appointment/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:04:56 +0000 Carol http://pabreastcancer.wordpress.com/?p=249 Today a lady from Ephrata walked into our office with a beautiful, handmade, crocheted doily that she has just completed.  It’s 30” in diameter, pink and very intricate.  Her name is Pat King and a year ago she brought us a beautiful handmade bedspread.

She seems to be inspired to make these items on the event of her annual mammogram.  What an awesome idea!

We will use this as an auction item at an upcoming event and turn it into a cash donation, and someone will get a lovingly made item.

Thank you Pat.   Pat said she loves to do this and it took her about 3 weeks.

]]> http://s389932830.onlinehome.us/blog/2010/03/inspired-by-an-annual-appointment/feed/ 0 Breast Cancer in Young Women http://s389932830.onlinehome.us/blog/2010/03/breast-cancer-in-young-women/ http://s389932830.onlinehome.us/blog/2010/03/breast-cancer-in-young-women/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:27:06 +0000 Carol http://pabreastcancer.wordpress.com/?p=239 The PBCC hears from many women each week who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Recently, I took a call from a mother whose 15 year old daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer.  15! I spoke to her for over 20 minutes in awe. She seemed to have everything in order: doctor’s appointments, courses of treatment, breast cancer statistics, etc. She even spoke of her daughter’s “pediatric breast oncologist” – those are three words you don’t hear together every day!

We will send her daughter one of our Friends Like Me care packages filled with lots of information and soft touches – I only wish we had more to provide her about teenage diagnosis. Thankfully, this is not something we hear of everyday. I hope that by talking and listening to their story I was able to help in some way.

If you or a loved one are diagnosed with breast cancer, please feel free to call us at 800-377-8828 – we’re happy to help in any way we can!

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