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Hi weezie, every October for bc awareness month, the local Saks Fifth Avenue here (in conjunction with the Cleveland Clinic) offers about 12-15 bc survivors a free make beauty make-over and professional photo--then these lovely pictures go up on a "survivor wall" on display in the store for the month. Then the women are presented with a key necklace to symbolize the key to the cure and 2% of all purchases for a certain weekend are donated to the local Susan Komen affiliate. Its a really nice program, maybe your mall could offer something similar. They also offer an evening reception with food donated from local restaurants, shopping, and a balloon auction--you pay $50 to select a balloon, pop the balloon and inside it is a gift certificate for a pedicure, massage, store discount, etc...
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Audrey
diagnosed July 2001, at age 36
large tumor, 11+ nodes
Stage IIIb, er/pr-, Her2+
treated with A/C, weekly Taxol
radiation, + year of Herceptin
on clinical trial. double mastectomy
followed by reconstruction
NED!!
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