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Name:
Jill (jill)

Member Since:
August 22, 2006

Location:
Boulder, Colorado

Birthday:
August, 7th

Type of Cancer:
Breast Cancer

Diagnosis Date:
09-26-2005

Stage of Cancer:
Stage 1

Grade of Tumor:
Grade 1

ER:
Negative

PR:
Negative

Lymph Node Involvement:
No

Surgery:
Re-excision Surgery, Lumpectomy

Radiation:
yes

Fundraising Goal:
$4000

Money Raised:
$200

Cancer Symptoms:

I found a lump in my left breast while putting on my bra that snaps in the front. I don’t think I would of found this if it wasn’t for the placement of it being so close to the edge of my breast and close to the snap. I also would feel a tingling sensation in the area every now and then, sometimes it would itch a little.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:

My first surgery was on September 22, 2005 where I had a lump in my breast removed. I got the call on September 26th that is was cancerous. My second re-excision surgery was on October 5th.

Radiation Description, Dates & Side Effects:

I did six weeks of radiation starting on October 26, 2005. What a whirlwind those months were!

Fundraising Description:

If you are interested in donating to my medical fund please click here to make a donation.

or mail your donations to:

Blog for a Cure, LLC
1400 Lee Hill Road #6
Boulder, Colorado 80304

Thanks for your support!

jill's Cancer Blog

April 23, 2008

Article About Blogging on Breast Cancer on Mamm.com Views: 356

I was interviewed the other day for an article on blogging about cancer. You can read about it here:
Mamm.com

“Thousands of women are sharing their cancer stories and baring their souls to the world–without ever leaving their computers. Why are online diaries so popular?”
By Sherry Baker

Here is a snippet from the article:

“After being diagnosed in 2005 with stage I breast cancer, Jill, 37, noticed that the online cancer support sites she visited didn’t feel like real communities. This inspired her to create blogforacure.com, a site where visitors can set up their own blogs for free. “I wanted a place where people could see pictures of the bloggers they were talking to, so they could connect better,” she says. “I also wanted a place where you could put down all the basics in detail so you wouldn’t have to make dozens of phone calls to friends and relatives.” Jill predicted a handful of bloggers might use her service. So far, nearly 600 people have signed up.”

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 8:01:07 PM by Jill ( Link to this post.

Article About Blogging on Breast Cancer on Mamm.com, Post a comment.

3 comments)

Congrats woman! You go! This is exactly why we are so stoked to have your baby to play with, the freakin ease in which we can communicate with a gang of people and get to know (and see) others in the same circumstance as us…Mad Props!

Now about that $200 a month, maybe when I get more scratch together I can break some off to support blogforacure.com…baby, bay-bay!

Tim-O-thigh

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 8:46:11 PM by daddylane

Look out, the boss is a star! Watch the rent go up…just kidding.

Jill, you have given us a home and a warm loving place. This is a safe garden where everyone is a friend and all the evil that comes with this challenge is left at the gate.

Thank you
Mac

Posted on April 24, 2008 at 2:03:06 AM by rigidridr

Jill, as far as I am concerned this is the most intimate place to err our feelings. I have visited many other places but this just feels like home to me. Thanks for being so inventive and for caring as much as you do. I think it’s time for a money drive to keep helping with this site. How about a great big post to all of us out here in Cancer land. We need a push. Thanks Weezie

Posted on April 26, 2008 at 7:12:42 AM by weezie

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