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An Inspiration Despite diagnosis, no stopping Aimee Reed Pawcatuck native honored by Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation By Nancy Burns-Fusaro – Westerly Sun Staff Writer WESTERLY — Inspiration could easily be Aimee Reed’s given name. It’s definitely the word her friends and associates use most often when they talk about Reed, a triathlon athlete, and her courage, […]
Published September 16. 2016 4:09PM Posted curtesy of The Day Melissa Johnson I haven’t written any columns lately because there hasn’t been much to say — and when it comes to cancer, that’s a very good thing. My most recent CT scan was on Aug. 23. The scan showed the one remaining spot on my liver […]
August 9 was a wonderful day for golfing at the Great Neck Country Club. The Women’s Association conducted a Rally for the Cure event to benefit the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation (TBBCF). For the first time, men were invited to play in the Women’s Association Annual Rally for the Cure. The tournament committee members […]
July 24Â UPDATE: I broke down and went to my primary care physician this morning, as suspected I have bronchitis. There is a little worry there about my lung and my last CT scan but I see my oncologist on Wednesday and will discuss ordering a follow-up CT-scan. Yesterday’s triathlon at the Fat Clam Tri-Mom […]
WFSB Continues Partnership with the Walk Across Southeastern Connecticut Posted:Â Aug 18, 2016 4:25 PM EDTUpdated:Â Aug 18, 2016 6:02 PM EDTÂ By Sarah Dahlstrom NEW LONDON, CT (WFSB) Channel 3 continues its partnership with the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation and their 11th Annual Walk across Southeastern Connecticut. Since being founded in 2006, this local non-profit […]
Melissa’s Story … as told by her friend, Ann B Melissa Babcock Johnson was diagnosed with stage II invasive ductal carcinoma — the most common type of breast cancer — in May 2015, a month before her 32nd birthday.  She had noticed a lump a few months earlier, but thought she was too young to […]
It looks suspicious Breast cancer at 31 Published by The Day –  June 27. 2015 12:01AM | Updated June 27. 2015 3:43PM Melissa Babcock My breast cancer story began like that of so many other women — I noticed a lump. What separates me from most of them is that I was just 31 years old […]
Becoming a cancer patient Published by The Day July 25. 2015 12:01AM Melissa Babcock Part two in a series on life after a breast cancer diagnosis at age 31. The weeks following my breast cancer diagnosis were a whirlwind of appointments, meetings, tests and decisions, but everyone I met was kind, brilliant and patient — […]
How I spent my summer vacation Published by The Day – August 29. 2015 11:30AM Melissa Babcock Part three in a series on life after a breast cancer diagnosis at age 31. On June 3 I began three months and six days (but who’s counting?) of chemotherapy, to take place every other week until Sept. […]
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