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August 2012  

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Upcoming Events  

August 28 - Look Good Feel Better (Weatherford)   

August 28
- Ice Cream Social benefiting Light the Night Walk (Fort Worth)    

August 29
- Caregiver Resources & Coffee at The Center (Fort Worth)


September 4
- Look Good Feel Better (Granbury) 

September 10 -
Nutrition Class
(Fort Worth) 


September 22 -
Walk/Run to Break the Silence on Ovarian Cancer (Arlington)

September 22 -Revvin for the Ribbon Motorcycle Rally & Benefit Concert (Arlington) 

 
For complete event details and a list of available resources,
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Volunteer Spotlight 
LGFB volunteers
Angela Johnson, 
Shirley Simpson, 
Rosalind Harvey  
As breast cancer survivors and lifelong friends, these three awesome women volunteer monthly at Look Good Feel Better classes in Fort Worth. They are also trained
Resource Room volunteers.
 
We appreciate you, ladies! 

Interested in becoming a volunteer at The Center?  

Contact Tammy Mask at 817-333-0120. 

Tough Choices, New Hope  

Patient at The Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders,  

Weatherford   

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Brandi Duran and her son, Isaac

    As if hearing you have cancer is not devastating enough, Brandi Duran heard those words when she was 15 weeks pregnant. While she knew the lump in her neck was something out of the ordinary, her diagnosis with Hodgkin's lymphoma came as a shock to the 26-year-old mother.

    "I was just in a daze," Brandi says. "All I kept thinking was what was going to happen to my baby."

     Brandi and her oncologist, Dr. Ray Page, had several tough decisions to make, including the choice of terminating her pregnancy or exposing her baby to the risks of chemotherapy.

     Together, they chose to treat the cancer with chemotherapy beginning in Brandi's second trimester, after the baby's critical growth occurs and when research shows chemotherapy is safer for an unborn baby.

     At the time, Brandi was already a mother to 3-year-old Andres, Jr. Now this young mother would be fighting for her life - and the life of her unborn baby. At 21 weeks pregnant, Brandi began chemotherapy treatment.

     "It was really hard, especially on treatment days, but I had to push through for my kids," Brandi says.  

    Nearly 36 weeks into her pregnancy and after 10 rounds of chemo, Brandi experienced false labor and was placed on bed rest. A little over a week later, on January 9, 2011, Brandi gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Isaac.

     "I was overjoyed and relieved that he was finally here," Brandi says. patient_BrandiDuranfamily

     Six weeks after Isaac was born, Brandi continued treatment, which included two more rounds of chemo and a month of radiation.

     Brandi credits her husband and family with helping her manage parenting through cancer, but her faith also played a big role.

     "I just turned it over to God and prayed," Brandi says. After completing chemotherapy and radiation treatment, Brandi is now in remission.

 

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The Center Events 

For more photos of The Center events this month, visit our Facebook page. patient_ChristineEJflightsimplybreast_tobyroxy   

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Pictured top left: Our patient, Christine Garcia, and her son, EJ, were invited on a flight simulator tour at CAE, thanks to David Wheeler and Mike Sliva.
Pictured top right: Special thanks to Toby with Warner Chilcott for sponsoring our Simply the Breast luncheon.
Pictured to left: Simply the Breast attendees enjoyed lunch and camaraderie at our August meeting.

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