Dear
 Happy New Year to you and your family! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to begin the new year. I always view the new year as a renewed hope with many challenges as well as exciting experiences to come. When I completed my treatment in December, 2004, I looked at 2005 in a different light. I felt that my life could only get better, as it couldn't get worse than the year I had just completed!
I hope that 2008 is filled with love, health and wonder for you and your family!
Vicki Tashman
Founder
Pink-Link
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Looking for Breast Reconstruction Information?
 What happens when two renowned plastic surgeons recently
honored by the American Cancer Society as the 2007 Physicians of Distinction,
cross paths with Beth Silverman, a passionate young survivor that dreams of
making a difference in the fight against breast cancer? "Something magical,"
says Beth, the executive director for the newly launched web resource www.BreastReconstruction.org.
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Journal for Healing
by Leah Carey, Creastor and Director of SacredCliffs.org
A group of women stand on a bare stage in northern New Hampshire, pink
handprints on their t-shirts marking a story where there once was a breast. They
are ordinary women, telling a story of courage and determination that would be
extraordinary, if it weren't so heartbreakingly common.These women are here
because they had the courage to write about their journey through and beyond
cancer and then perform their words on stage for family and friends, the medical
community, and anyone else that chose to brave the snow and ice of a New
Hampshire winter to join us. I am privileged to be their guide in this process.
Read the article
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Nordie's at Noon
We still have some books to give away from our December contest. If you'd like to receive a copy of the book, Nordie's at Noon, please reply to this email with answers to the following questions:
1. Approximately how many women under 40 will be diagnosed with breast cancer
during the next year?
2. How can young women prevent breast cancer?
To read more about the book, please visit their website by clicking here. Good luck!
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Seven Steps to a Healthier New Year
by plwc.org
It is estimated that about one third of the
deaths from cancer can be prevented, as they are related to lifestyle
factors such as diet, obesity, and lack of physical activity. In
addition, about 168,000 cancer deaths this year will be caused by
tobacco use. Stopping smoking is the most important thing a person can
do to lower his or her cancer risk. Although the risk of developing
cancer can be greatly reduced by avoiding risk factors, not all cancers
are preventable.
Read the article
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Did you make Resolutions?
by Sami Papacek-Reis, Pink-Link Physical Exercise Expert
Happy New Year!
As another year begins so do the many possibilities that come with life. For
many of you, the past months brought forward many unknowns. The unknowns of
breast cancer and the future of your health as well as other personal unknowns
that always exist somewhere on the horizon. For many of us this is the time of
the year that we make our New Year's resolutions. These resolutions typically
consist of things that we are going to do to improve ourselves.
Read the article
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Teleconferences Scheduled:
Listen to updates from the 30th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Syposium, sponsored by LBBC on January 28th. To register, visit www.lbbc.org.
A free telephone education workshop for women living with metastatic breast cancer sponsored by CancerCare on February 19th. To register, visit www.cancercare.org.
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