Flippin to a Cure Logo Bracelet in Support of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

I absolutely love my new bangle!

I am honored and proudly wear my new beautiful handcrafted triple touch of pink "Flippin to a Cure" logo bracelet that I received by Dr. Regina Flippin as part of her holiday giveaway.  I love wearing my new three loops bracelet that symbolizes support for those affected by triple negative breast cancer.
Dr. Flippin is a TNBC survivor herself and is the founder of "Flippin to a Cure" to raise awareness to triple negative breast cancer. Information on how you can purchase your own TNBC logo bracelet or to learn more of Dr. Flippin's story and her foundation, please follow the link to her site.
http://flippintoacure.com/blog/?p=182 
Thank you Dr. Flippin for reaching out to other women in our communities through awareness and education of breast cancer... and again for your kind heart.
Wishing all my viewers and supporters a happy and healthy New Year full of love and hope.
xo Melissa

First Featured Person of 2014 on The Toni Turchi Foundation Website

"My loving family"

I’d like to introduce to you a women who is has taken her despair and used her journey in an effort to “pay it forward”. Meet my friend…..Melissa Paskvan from Toledo Ohio. Read More
http://www.toniturchifoundation.org/melissa-paskav/ 
(Click on link)

National Breast Cancer Survey till Jan. 9th, 2014

Questions specific to Triple Negative Breast Cancer.  Lets get it done ladies... this benefits all of us!

Living Beyond Breast Cancer opened a national survey today to assess the unique information and support needs of all women with breast cancer. 
Available online until midnight PT on Friday, Jan.10, the survey asks about the information and support available to women with breast cancer. The organization will use the survey findings to identify and address gaps in services for people with specific breast cancer diagnoses, such as triple-negative, hormone-positive or HER2 positive.

All women who have ever been diagnosed with or treated for breast cancer may take part in this survey. Participants may be recently diagnosed, in treatment, post-treatment, have had a return of breast cancer, or be living with metastatic (stage IV) disease. We seek people with a diversity of experiences, so please spread the word about this opportunity. All responses are anonymous.

http://www.lbbc.org/About-LBBC/LBBC-Newsletter-and-Publication-Archive/LBBC-News/National-Breast-Cancer-Survey  (Click to link)

Catch That Look: Living, Laughing and Loving Despite Triple-Negative Breast Cancer - by Ann Pietrangelo

This is a memoir written by my Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) friend whom I met online and had the honor of having my story featured in a series of her "Living with Triple Negative Breast Cancer" stories she had written in 2011. 
Sometimes, when that "other shoe" finally drops, it drops hard... 

Publication Date: December 3, 2013
She couldn’t believe her luck. After years of living with the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis, Ann Pietrangelo was making the most of her miraculous remission – not that she didn’t expect the other shoe to drop. An accidental discovery of a lump soon led to the life-threatening diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer.

From a deeply personal perspective and told in riveting detail, Catch That Look explores the relationships between doctors and their patients, as well as between patients and their loved ones. With each new page, it becomes crystal clear that just as a picture is worth a thousand words, sometimes, when you catch it, a look speaks volumes.

From the author of "No More Secs! Living, Laughing & Loving Despite Multiple Sclerosis," this follow-up memoir is one that Ann never thought she would have to write. It offers the reader passionate insight into the emotional and physical turmoil of learning you have a second life-altering disease – and what it means to be a true survivor.

For Ann and her husband, Jim, the diagnosis would test their “living, laughing, and loving despite” mindset. Would they pass this test?

With foreword by Diane Radford, MD, FACS, FRCSEd, surgical oncologist and breast surgeon at Mercy Clinic St. Louis Cancer & Breast Institute.

eBook NOW ON AMAZON -paperback coming soon!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H4OBDTC 

Author website: AnnPietrangelo.com 

Holiday Party with my Gals of The Victory Center 2013

Our breast cancer support group
5 of us here are triple negative breast cancer survivors
http://www.thevictorycenter.org

One of the greatest gifts is friendship, and I'm very thankful that I have these ladies in my life, who have helped me piece my life back together after going through my breast cancer. Thank you The Victory Center and to the ladies of our breast cancer support group for this special get-together, love to you all!... We have today!