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Heather Parsons, MD, MPH Dana-Farber Cancer Institute This year, breast cancer will claim the lives of more than 500,000 people worldwide. Most of these will be women in whom the disease has spread to the rest of the body, known as metastatic breast cancer. Women living with metastatic breast cancer typically receive ongoing, single-agent treatments that […]
November 29 It’s been a busy last few days. I needed all of Sunday and Monday to recover…might even take Tuesday too!!! I will start by rewinding to Thanksgiving day. We had around 23 people at my house. It was wonderful to spend the day with family. However, wonderful as it was I was a […]
November 24 –Â Happy Thanksgiving! Extremely grateful this year for family, friends, and all my doctors, nurses, and all who make living life to its fullest possible. Great news from Dr. Silber MD at Yale yesterday, that I can continue to do my triathlon training…INCLUDING SWIMMING!!!! This is huge. Only stipulation is to only do one […]
November 20 The buzz cut didn’t last long. Cancer doesn’t care how many times you have to go through the loss of your hair it NEVER gets easier. I choose to not let the style of my hair define who I am. I choose to smile and hold my chin high knowing that the loss […]
October 28 (“First” day of clinical study). Started the day at Yale at 9:15 this morning and I’m finally up and pumping at 2:00pm. This has been such a long day already and it’s not over yet. Started out with what I thought would have been routine blood work but ended up in tears as […]
By Nancy Burns-Fusaro Sun staff writer | October 21, 2016 NORTH STONINGTON — In an emotional ceremony Thursday night in a packed banquet room at Lake of Isles Golf Club, Jeanie Herzog of Westerly and Marcie Brensilver of Stonington were named co-recipients of the prestigious Athena Award, making them the second pair of women to […]
October 2  So many emotions to explain this weekend’s activities. The Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer 11th Walk Across Southeastern Connecticut was absolutely the most amazing experience I have had ever! I am forever grateful to the TBBCF volunteers and supporters, they put a lot of time and effort into making this event such a great […]
September 27, 2016 So many people to thank for making this Ocean Community YMCA triathlon one to remember, from teammates who were ALWAYS by my side, family and friends who support me in more ways than I can put to words, and of course all of you. I’m sure other patients sitting around me at chemo last […]
