VIt C- Vit K - Good wholesome food and lots of laughter!
None really. Just had to pee a lot and often but it was never painful just annoying.
They removed the tumor by going throught the urethral tube. October 30th 07 was my surgery date and I had a great doctor. I had chemo injected into my bladder right after surgery as a preventive method. I had a hysterectomy in Feb 08 as a preventive surgery because of where the tumor had been removed from. The recovery for this was 12 weeks long and very painful. Still have side-effects from that last surgery.
Foggy brain. Forgetfulness.
I created a Cancer Survivor Calendar while I was in recovery of my Hysterectomy. I was filled with gratitude and needed to do something to show my greatfulness to God for pulling me through this and giving me a second chance. I am selling the calendar for $10 on my site at http://www.freewebs.com/cancersurvivorcalendar/index.htm. ALL, 100%, of the funds will be given to Cancer affiliated programs such as the Canadian Cancer Society and other worthy organizations…
WOW! What was I thinking when I thought I could distribute 2500 calendars without professional assistance? When I first started designing this calendar, the part I thought would be hard to do was to get it printed. But after all the media coverage, that came pretty easy and I got a printer (Clarke Productions from Dundas) who called me the same day the newspaper article came out decided to print these for free. I thought I had it made! I was over the moon with joy at the thought of raising $50K for Cancer research. That was in May 2008. Since then, I’ve sold 100 calendars out of the 2500 I have at home (2500 were given away to another group to distribute for their own Cancer fundraising). It’s been so, so difficult and I have developed a weird sense of awareness… I never did consider that Cancer wasn’t a marketable or commercially appealing subject. I thought everyone would flock to my table and want to purchase and support the cause. Wow, was I out to lunch! I have spent my summer sitting in front of a table filled with calendars at numerous Festivals with absolutely no avail. People come over to the table, look at the calendar, realize it’s about Cancer survivors and literally bounce away as fast as they can as if buying one will give them Cancer! I even have people stopping to tell me that “It’s just such a sad thing to look at”. I’m perplexed! How can it be sad when we’re showing that Cancer can be and “IS” often survived. It’s about Hope, people! Not death! It’s about strong-willed individuals, their stories of hope and encouragement. How can anyone find sadness in that. Maybe I’m off my marbles. Maybe all the surgeries gave me brain damage? Cause I can’t see surviving Cancer as a sad thing. My Cancer was a blessing. It woke me up. Made me realize I was merely surviving my life and not living it to it’s fullest potential. This is why I created this calendar. To raise funds for Cancer research but also to raise awareness in people that are blessed with good health…not to take it for granted. Maybe if they bought this calendar, they would be forced to realize their blessings and live with a bit more gratitude as they looked at each survivor everyday. Cancer has helped me grow into a better human being. A stronger, more compassionate, more patient human being who now sees the world through the eyes of gratefullness and beauty. How can I ever be sad about that. I have lost loved ones in my life. People I thought I could never live without but in time, and going through this Cancer experience, I have come to realize that life is about the living…not the dead. They have moved on to a better, love filled, place and we need to let them be and live our lives here to the fullest until our own number comes up.
I’ve rambled enough for my first blog!
Thanks for listening and I hope you will support this cause and purchase a calendar!
KO
Klaude,
You have come to the right place, Jill started this site for people just like you and me. You will find that the support here is great.
Thanks, for the insight. I have also started a journey in to providing support to those of us making the good fight.
I am doing the first painting in Jill’s honor… I think it will turn out real nice…. We are using a photo of Jill and her dog Angel, as Jill was fighting Breast Cancer we are going to make pink the theme of the painting of Jill and Angel.
Blog for a Cure spends about $200 a month to keep this site up and running.
If you wish to become an advertiser or want to read more about the company please see our advertising page.
All proceeds, if we ever have any, will go back into building a better system.
Thanks for your support - Jill, Founder, Cancer Survivor
p.s. If you have any suggestions on how to improve Blog for a Cure, please send me some feedback. The last thing I want to do is offend anyone with too many ads. Please keep in touch & let me know how I can make this the best system possible for you.
Distributing, not for the faint at heart!, 
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Klaude,
You have come to the right place, Jill started this site for people just like you and me. You will find that the support here is great.
Thanks, for the insight. I have also started a journey in to providing support to those of us making the good fight.
I am doing the first painting in Jill’s honor… I think it will turn out real nice…. We are using a photo of Jill and her dog Angel, as Jill was fighting Breast Cancer we are going to make pink the theme of the painting of Jill and Angel.
Get out there an you will win..
Cheers,
EyeCandy (Paul)
Have a nice day!