The Day That Changed My Life - Women's Cancers

The Day That Changed My Life is excited about our big week ahead. On May 5th, 2012 we will be participating in the Revlon Run Walk for Womens' Cancers. We will share our walk experience with you, in the meantime head on over to our team's page and donate to help with women's cancers - $5, $10, $15, $20... or more and invite your friends too. The Day That Changed My Life Team! In honor of women's cancers, we will share some journeys of those who were diagnosed with cancer and how it has changed their lives.

While each journey is unique, we all share a common theme cancer changes our lives forever.

The Day That Changed My Life - Following Mary Ellen's Journey

We look for a journey that will give you an insight to the life of a cancer patient/survivor and have we found a journey to share with you. Mary Ellen's shares a thorough journey filled with the first hand accounts, uncertainty, concerns on how it will effect her children, will her daughter be at risk? being a part of a trial and hearing from the healthcare team.

While each journey is unique, we all share a common theme - cancer changes our lives forever.















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The Day That Changed My Life - Courtney's Special Prom

It's prom season - an exciting time for high school seniors. It is the event that most students look forward to as it is a transition that celebrates the end of high school and the beginning of young adult life where college or work life begins. However, Courtney Alvis has had her own transition battling Acute T-cell leukemia and trying to move forward as a normal teen. Although Courtney wanted to attend her prom, she had her reservations. Courtney was uncomfortable with her weight gain and did not feel confident enough to go to the prom besides no one asked her to be their date. However, that all changed when Alabama College Football Running Back Trent Richardson whose mother is a cancer survivor stepped in and escorted Courtney to the prom.

While each journey is unique, we all share a common theme cancer changes our lives forever.

The Day That Changed My Life - The Survivor of All Survivors!

An incredible story that we just could not pass up is found in that of Alice Herz Sommer. At the age of 108, Ms. Sommer shares her journey through life as a survivor of the holocaust and if that was not enough, at the age of 83 years old, she was diagnosed with cancer. What's even more incredible, Ms. Sommer expresses her gratitude of all that she has encountered through her life.

While each journey is unique, we all share a common theme - cancer changes our lives forever.



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The Day That Changed My Life - Cancer an uncertain journey

This weekend we all learned of Kevin McGuire an 18 year old cancer patient who had to miss out on his big date as Taylor Swift's escort to the Country Music Awards Ceremony. As Taylor Swift accepted her Entertainer of the Year Award, she sent a special hello to Kevin.

According to the news reports, Kevin has been diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 13. It was a major adjustment for the family as Kevin battled the disease and at one point it appeared that they were winning. However, at the age of 15, the cancer returned. Despite his diagnosis, Kevin (an athlete) is on the high school football team. He was looking forward to his big date with Taylor Swift when he had a major set back. He was hospitalized with a fever of 103 and could not make the event. It is moments like these that keeps us aware of the uncertain journey of cancer.

Kevin remains positive and responds humorously to his date with Taylor as he laid in his hospital bed. "Well, how many people can say they turned down Taylor Swift?" Kevin McGuire.

While each journey is unique, we all share a common theme - cancer changes our lives forever.



We're cheering you on Kevin!!