Connecting with survivors

March 18, 2010 - Posted by tamilb
Connection is what it's about!

Connection is what it's about!

This wonderful world of social media has offered me the opportunity to “meet” and connect with other wonderful survivors. One of them is Suzanne Harp, who has a great breast cancer blog called Join our Loop. Suzanne contacted me through this blog and asked me to do a guest blog post. I was featured yesterday. I invite you to check it out – not just for my story, but all the interesting things the blog has to share.

I’ve been busy trying to get the manuscript for From Incurable to Incredible done and to the publisher. Yay, yesterday I finally got everything to them for design!

So now I have time to share some wonderful comments/stories from fellow survivors who have contacted me through the Share Your Story feature on this page.  As you’ll see, these individuals have their own blogs to help others. Here are a few emails I’ve received the past month:

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2008, at 37 years old. My daughters at that time were 3 and 18 months. I had immediate surgery followed with chemotherapy, radiation and lots more surgeries and ongoing treatment for issues that arised from my treatment. I am scheduled to have my (hopefully) final surgery this March. I found it very therapeutic, after the fact, to write my story and then posted all to my new website, http://myjourneythroughbreastcancertreatment.com. I also published several articles about my cancer experience, including information on BRCA, my favorite cancer resources and more at HubPages: http://hubpages.com/profile/lily+rose

I enjoyed reading your story here. Best wishes!

- Lily Rose

As a 34 year survivor of a virulent form of breast cancer I was really pleased to read your story and about your project.

We are a special club that no one sets out to join but are really grateful when he/she find herself a member.

- Val Sena

Thank you for your website, information and help. As someone touched by prostate cancer, and now I am told I have secondary cancer on its way, I find it helpful to provide cancer news to others. My web site, World Cancer Reports www.wocanre.com , is my way of helping others.

- Chris Lavin

Thanks to everyone who comment, share their stories and offer support through this blog and Facebook. We’re all in this together.

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