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Ford lights up its world headquarters in Pink for Warriors in Pink supporting Breast Cancer

No wonder so many of are being diagnosed!

This is a great piece by my friend Walter Shapiro Cold War Remnant: Cancer for Baby Boomers -- Politics Daily.

Concert for a Cure is Aug. 6 in Rye

All of you New Englanders come on out on Thursday and Dance for a Cure -- at Odiorne in Rye.

Amazingly powerful video -- dancing about braest cancer

I always said that I danced my way thru breast cancer. Whenever I got down, I'd go out dancing. At the end of treatment, when the Hands & Feet syndrome from the Xeloda took over and I could barely walk, I still went out dancing. Butthis video: So You Think You Can Dance is on a whole different plane.

Great news for BRCA gene carriers

VOA News - New Drug Holds Promise In Some Cancer Cases.

This should inspire survivors & non survivors alike

As someone who feared a recurrent more than just about anything, I have to say that this woman's attitude has changed my perspective for ever.

Get cool stuff, provide breast cancer screening for women who can't afford it

New Hampshire Breast Cancer Coalition - Auction Home Page - cMarket Fundraising Auction.

Now they tell us....

When I was all done with my treatment I walked out of the Radiation Oncology department and started to cry. The thought of not being in the care of all those doctors scared the s___t out of me.  I didn't stop crying for a week. I went into my PCP's office and they said "we were wondering why you hadn't come in sooner" -- apparently post-treatment depression is quite common. Which is why this study is most worrisome.

The good news is that I didn't take any of the named drugs, but I'm guessing alot of other women did.

ACLU fights for our rights to our genes

 ACLU Challenges Patents On Breast Cancer Genes.

The stuff after Breast Cancer that no one tells you about

One of the nasty side effects of breast cancer drugs like Tamoxifen and Aromatase Inhibitors that no one ever talks about is vaginal dryness. As if it's not bad enough that you've gone through months of poking and prodding and infusions and radiation, but then at the end, you're left with a significantly reduced libido and a not an ounce of your own lubrication. To solve that problem, my friend Helen Rollins at Women's Intimate Solutions has come up with a Breast Cancer Buddy kit that is designed to help survivors adjust to their new reality. So if you or a friend is going thru this, head on over to the Women's Intimate Solutions site and pick yourself up some.