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Subject: Speaking Engagement


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Lis
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Date Posted: 17:36:09 10/14/06 Sat
In reply to: Stacy 's message, "CONGRATULATIONS!!!!" on 21:25:27 10/11/06 Wed
 One of my co-workers asked me if I would be interested in speaking at her mom's small seminar that she puts together at her work place (it was at the old Heinz plant in downtown Pittsburgh). It was for NBCAM and about 25 gals signed up for it.

I was the first speaker of three and I was a little nervous but after about 5 minutes, I was on a roll telling my story. It was great to see that I kept the gals interested the whole way through and some of them were even tearing up. Everyone thought I was just amazing but you know this yourself, I'm not really - I'm just doing what I can to beat this cancer and still enjoy as much life as I can. No one (but cancer cousins) knows what it's like dealing with cancer, no one can understand our mentality and how we can appear that we're taking our situation so well. But WE do.

I was really glad I was able to explain to them what it's like to live with cancer, to go through the treatments, and how it changes our lives forever.

The lady that held the seminar, Barb, said that she's still receiving accolades about my talk. That really make me feel good, to know that I drove home the message about how important mammograms are and that BC is survivable if caught early, and even then, if you're caught in our situation, there's still hope.
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Stacy
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Date Posted: 23:27:58 10/14/06 Sat
That's about how it went when I was the speaker at the Race For The Cure this passed June. It sure makes you feel good when you know you've "touched" people.

I know I never would have thought that I could have handled having cancer. But when you find out you have it, you rely on your faith in God and your absolute determination to live. It seems to make it okay. A lot of people turn to Jesus after the fact and I'm glad they do. Fortunately I already had a relationship with Him so I think that has a lot to do with my attitude. Plus if anyone in my family has to have cancer, I would prefer it to be me.

Keep me here at least long enough to keep finding new drugs!
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Lisa
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Date Posted: 13:04:55 10/16/06 Mon
Our determination to live is half the battle. At tmes, I wonder IF I really can beat this but then, I smack myself for thinking that way and think of WHEN I beat this again. Once I hit my 5 year mark, George and I are headed to Vegas to celebrate. I'm predicting April 2011 we'll be back there and I really hope I'm right. I really miss Vegas and since we bought the house, we haven't had a chance to get back.

The word "chronic" came up in my last meeting with my Onc. but I'm betting that as long as I don't get completely stressed out again, I should be okay. Most people get stress zits, I get stress cancer - go figure!
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