Cancer, cancer go away...DON'T come back another day!

A friend of mine from high school, Katie Reker-Crane, was diagnosed several months ago with a similar type of breast cancer as myself.  Hers was a little more progressed than mine.  She just finished 8 rounds of the exact same chemo I had and suffered pretty badly from the nerve pain of Taxol (like I did...but hers was MUCH worse).  Well... it paid off...her recent PET Scan showed NO SIGNS of cancer!!!! WHOO HOO!!  Another survivor kicking cancer to the curb!!  Keep her on your prayer list ...she still has a long road ahead of her...surgery, radiation, reconstruction!!  BUT...she is strong, empowered and has every intention on beating this thing for her and her family!!  FLAG...as Katie and her army of supporters would say ("Fight Like A Girl")

As many of you know...my bff, Melissa Luken-Trenkamp, was diagnosed last year with thyroid cancer while her mom was battling triple negative breast cancer. Seriously?? Then her mom passed last fall. Good news is, she had a full body scan last week and she is CANCER FREE!!  BAM!...another survivor kicking some cancer a**! Pray for continued good health!

Unfortunately I just received news that my babysitter, who took great care of my babies from the time Zoe was 6 weeks old until she was the age of 6, was recently diagnosed with cancer.  She had a very large tumor removed, but has a lot of upcoming treatments.  Please keep her in your prayers!

Can some one please tell me why very time I turn around, someone is being diagnosed with cancer?? I feel like it's all around me and occupies my world!  I HATE CANCER!!!  It has to be something in the environment...in the foods we eat...the air we breathe!  It just seems to be running rampant and out of control these days. The only good thing is... people are discovering better ways to battle it everyday!