Honorary chair of TBBCF walk vows to continue the fight By KATHLEEN EDGECOMB Johanna D’Addario, honorary chair of the 2018 Walk Across Southeastern Connecticut, was happy when she crossed the finish line at the Terri Brodeur Breast Cancer Foundation’s annual walkathon on Oct. 6, 2018. Flanked by her mother, her husband and her oncologist, D’Addario, […]
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By Johanna D’Addario What a beautiful benefit of having a rare genetic condition – making friends with others who have the same diagnosis. I met Kirsty on a “blind date” for coffee a few years ago. She and her family had just moved from Australia to New Haven for her husband Glen’s research position at
By Johanna D’Addario I’m sure everyone will agree with me that family and friends are invaluable during cancer treatment. We rely on our support system for transportation to and from appointments, help processing complicated medical information, daily care and recovery, company and emotional support. In remembering how my mom cared for my dad during his
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By Johanna D’Addario I am a PA, and I am a patient. It has taken the past 10 years to learn to carefully navigate these two very different roles. Perhaps being a provider makes me a better patient, and perhaps my experience as a patient has made me a better PA. I’m sure there are
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What a beautiful ride By Johanna D’Addario This week I have been reflecting on the loss of a beautiful soul. Aimee Reed was my age, full of life, and seemed to always have a smile on her face. Although I didn’t know her, she was well known to the TBBCF family and the chemotherapy nurses
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Training Blog 1 By Johanna D’Addario Happy September! Now that the weather isn’t so hot and sticky, I feel much better about going out for long training walks. I have been setting my goal of at least 4-5 miles of walking a day, and hopefully will get closer to 8 or 10 this month. Walking
Published August 19. 2018 7:22PM | Updated August 19. 2018 10:07PM By Martha Shanahan Day staff writer [email protected] martha_shan With at least four distinct genetic types and even more subtypes, each with their own causes, paths for treatment and prognoses, there is no one way to have breast cancer. Some people who undergo treatment can
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The 2018 Honorary Walk Chair Johanna D’Addario is a cancer survivor and advocate of knowing your family history and learning all you can about your genetics to proactively take charge of your health. By Johanna D’Addario I often wonder what a “normal” life feels like. I haven’t felt normal for nearly 10 years, but
The 2018 Honorary Walk Chair Johanna D’Addario is a cancer survivor and advocate of knowing your family history and learning all you can about your genetics to proactively take charge of your health. She will be sharing her thoughts on all she’s been through and her hopes and dreams for the future. As I thought
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2018 Honorary Walk Chair – In her own words – June 12, 2018 I grew up in a small town called Stevens Point, Wisconsin, with my parents and older brother Brian. In 2002, I moved to Connecticut for college and graduate school, studying to become a physician assistant. As I neared my last year in
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