Comments on: Karen Lynch: My Survivor Story (Part III of III) http://www.blisstree.com/articles/karen-m-lynch-my-survivors-story-part-iii-of-iii-638/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:08:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kathi K. http://www.blisstree.com/articles/karen-m-lynch-my-survivors-story-part-iii-of-iii-638/comment-page-1/#comment-143449 Kathi K. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:53:57 +0000 http://www.pinkribbonreview.com/2008/04/09/karen-m-lynch-my-survivors-story-part-iii-of-iii/#comment-143449 Good golly, Karen...what a story. I'm going through treatment for DCIS right now. Just had a lumpectomy 2 weeks ago. Next week, I get mapped & tattooed for radiation. Oh, sistah, I can really relate. I had one great-aunt with breast CA in her 70's & an aunt who, like your mom, amazingly survived ovarian CA. That's it. And like you, nothing palpable. Just calcifications on a routine screening mammogram. The stats on recurrence that I just got from my radiation oncologist have given me insomnia, which is why I'm awake at this hour writing to you!! I've added a personal mini-blog to my website to keep my friends & colleagues abreast (couldn't resist the pun...) of how I'm doing & to get some info out there. My friends have been sharing the link & I've been very gratified by how many hits it's gotten. I work in healthcare myself & one thing I'm trying to include on my own blog is information on free mammograms & cancer screening & other financial assistance, since so many people in this country still have no insurance or lousy insurance. I'm also putting a link to your blog on mine. (If you'd rather I remove it, just let me know. Some sites & blogs are very cautious about that.) You've done a phenomenal job so far. Keep it up & thanks. Good golly, Karen…what a story. I’m going through treatment for DCIS right now. Just had a lumpectomy 2 weeks ago. Next week, I get mapped & tattooed for radiation. Oh, sistah, I can really relate. I had one great-aunt with breast CA in her 70’s & an aunt who, like your mom, amazingly survived ovarian CA. That’s it. And like you, nothing palpable. Just calcifications on a routine screening mammogram. The stats on recurrence that I just got from my radiation oncologist have given me insomnia, which is why I’m awake at this hour writing to you!!

I’ve added a personal mini-blog to my website to keep my friends & colleagues abreast (couldn’t resist the pun…) of how I’m doing & to get some info out there. My friends have been sharing the link & I’ve been very gratified by how many hits it’s gotten. I work in healthcare myself & one thing I’m trying to include on my own blog is information on free mammograms & cancer screening & other financial assistance, since so many people in this country still have no insurance or lousy insurance. I’m also putting a link to your blog on mine. (If you’d rather I remove it, just let me know. Some sites & blogs are very cautious about that.)

You’ve done a phenomenal job so far. Keep it up & thanks.

]]> By: Karen Lynch http://www.blisstree.com/articles/karen-m-lynch-my-survivors-story-part-iii-of-iii-638/comment-page-1/#comment-143414 Karen Lynch Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:08:45 +0000 http://www.pinkribbonreview.com/2008/04/09/karen-m-lynch-my-survivors-story-part-iii-of-iii/#comment-143414 Maria, thank you so much. I'm glad you found me! ;) I've never done a marathon walk ... just haven't sorted out how to manage that while my children are so young. I've done the Making Strides walk every year since 2003, however, and do love that. Someday ... maybe The Pink Ribbon Review will have its own team and we'll all camp out together! Maria, thank you so much. I’m glad you found me! ;)

I’ve never done a marathon walk … just haven’t sorted out how to manage that while my children are so young. I’ve done the Making Strides walk every year since 2003, however, and do love that.

Someday … maybe The Pink Ribbon Review will have its own team and we’ll all camp out together!

]]> By: Maria D. http://www.blisstree.com/articles/karen-m-lynch-my-survivors-story-part-iii-of-iii-638/comment-page-1/#comment-143413 Maria D. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:05:34 +0000 http://www.pinkribbonreview.com/2008/04/09/karen-m-lynch-my-survivors-story-part-iii-of-iii/#comment-143413 Wow, Karen. You are truly an inspiration. I had a DCIS dx 10 1/2 years ago. Cancer free since. I started reading your blog and love it. Thanks for all that you do. Have you ever done a breast cancer marathon walk? I just did the 40-mile AVON one in Boston and it was incredible. Really one of the coolest things I have ever done. Amazing people. Lots and lots of pink! Keep up the great blogs! Wow, Karen. You are truly an inspiration. I had a DCIS dx 10 1/2 years ago. Cancer free since. I started reading your blog and love it. Thanks for all that you do. Have you ever done a breast cancer marathon walk? I just did the 40-mile AVON one in Boston and it was incredible. Really one of the coolest things I have ever done. Amazing people. Lots and lots of pink!
Keep up the great blogs!

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