Dear Friends of Carewell,

Hello from Beantown!  It’s that time of the year again, so here’s just a short note from the east coast.  As always, if you would like to access the photos and videos linked to this blog, please visit www.carewellcommunity.org or visit our FB page: The Carewell Community Foundation.

First, the Cancer Support Community’s 2011 Cancer Summit was, as always, a very inspiring and enlightening event!  The National Cancer Summit, together with our annual CSC Affiliate Leadership Conference, was held once again at the beautiful Marriott Wardman Park in.......

I was diagnosed with stage 3B breast cancer in October of 2003.  I went through the usual process:  mastectomy (9 out of the 11 lymph nodes removed were positive with cancer cells),  8 cycles of chemotherapy and 33 sessions of radiation.  I also had to take Arimidex daily for 5 years. 

It was mid-2007 when I first heard of Carewell.  I checked out its website and even called their office to get some information.  It took me a while to decide whether I wanted  to join a support group or not....