Breast cancer is difficult for anyone to cope with, but it can be especially hard for a younger couple. A new study by Dr. Karen Fergus aims to help young couples cope with breast cancer through an innovative online tool called Couplelinks.
“Breast cancer is coming at a time in their lives when everything is in the upswing – careers are just getting off the ground, they are establishing a family or maybe just starting one. For reasons such as these, younger women and younger couples coping with breast cancer experience more distress than with women diagnosed later in life,” says Dr. Fergus. Read the rest of this entry »
My mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson, was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in September 2008. A combination of good treatments and positive attitude are the reasons she is doing amazing today. I have seen first- hand where the money raised to fight this widespresad disease is going and I truly believe my mother’s experience and outcome would not have been the same had these contributions not existed.
My name is Emma and I’m 19 months old! My Mum and Dad wanted me to ride in my buggy during The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure but this was way too important a day to be lazing about! Read the rest of this entry »
I was diagnosed in December 2007 and although no one ever wants to hear that phrase “you have cancer”, I was expecting it. We have a high number of cancer related deaths on both sides of my family. My sister, my father, both grandfathers, numerous aunts and cousins have passed away from cancer. In the last year, I have had two uncles and one aunt diagnosed with cancer and one cousin is struggling with hers right now. Read the rest of this entry »
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure 2009
The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure raised $26.5 million dollars! Thank you to the 170,000 participants and everyone else who volunteered and donated. We couldn’t have done it without you!
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Everyone who has been through cancer has a story to tell…this is mine.
Ten years ago, at the age of 55, I had just taken up running, hoping to lose weight, when I got the results of my yearly mammogram. Cancer.
How could this be? I was running, I’d lost a bit of weight, I wasn’t a smoker or a drinker and I had no history of breast cancer in my family. Read the rest of this entry »
In the last days before the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure, we check in with a great supporter and Run emcee CHFI’s Erin Davis.
The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for The Cure on Sunday, October 4th represents several tremendous and courageous stories … we thought you should hear about one more…
This Sunday, I’ll be joining an extraordinary team in London, Ontario (Sue-per Fighters) to walk in memory of my best friend Amanda’s mother, Susan Alvaro. Sue lost her battle with breast cancer this past June at the age of 58. Like many of the women that have inspired your walkers/runners, Sue was the epitome of courage. Instead of anger and defeat, she chose hope. Because of people like her, ten more young women have joined the team this year.
Sue and Amanda
What is incredible about this team is that we just registered two days ago on a last minute decision, and in just two days we have raised $6000 – and still have a couple more days to go! Remarkably in this short amount of time, Amanda is also in second place for London’s Top Fundraiser and may even surpass the woman who has won for the past several years. Read the rest of this entry »
The Hughes Hugs Team is running for Tim Hughes’ mother, Nancy, who has been living with breast cancer for 10 years. Today, the Hughes Hugs Team has 15 members, but there are countless nieces, nephews, cousins and good friends who provide encouragement and help raise funds from local businesses, churches as well as their friends and neighbours. Tim is a fitness instructor and he is inspired to see Canadians of all ages and abilities participate in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure.
Tim and team have been actively fundraising in the lead-up to the Run and Tim has been able to tie the team’s efforts back to his own field of work. Tim expressed the following:
(In my fundraising efforts) I highlighted the research of Patrick Lee at Dalhousie that the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation funds. Since I work in science research my colleagues can relate to the cost of research and can easily see the link between their donation and the results.
On Sunday, October 4th, 2009, I will be participating in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure, Canada’s largest single day, volunteer-led fundraising event dedicated to raising funds for breast cancer research, and education and awareness programs.
My paternal grandmother, Gladys, was diagnosed with breast cancer the same month my mother discovered she was pregnant with me in 1979. At the time, it was considered unlikely that she would be around long enough to see her first grandchild born. But, armed with a tremendous will to live, she underwent a radical mastectomy, and embarked on a series of clinical trials. Read the rest of this entry »
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Breast cancer is difficult for anyone to cope with, but it can be especially hard for a younger couple. A new study by Dr. Karen Fergus aims to help young couples cope with breast cancer through an innovative online tool called Couplelinks. 
