Gorgeous weather! Playing at the park with Johnnie.

Genetic Testing Discovery by Komen Foundation

A new discovery by the Susan G. Komen Foundation identifies a set of 50 genes that doctors can use to personalize your treatment to fit your type of breast cancer. The new set of genes help identify the four known types of breast cancer. Current genetic testing works on women whose tumors are lymph-node negative, estrogen-receptor positive. This new discovery will help any woman with breast cancer. Go Komen!

For more information, visit www.komen.org.

LET'S DO LUNCH! Komen Kansas City Breast Cancer Survivor Luncheon!

My Pink Planner's great friend, Laurie Roberts, is heading up this great event for the Komen Foundation here in Kansas City. It's going to be a great time with a featuring TV Personality Rene Syler and Retail Therapy!

Here are the details: Host: Kansas City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Type: Total Party - Benefit
Network: Global
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Overland Park Convention Center
City/Town: Overland Park, KS
Phone: 8168420410
Email: atilley@komenkansascity.org.


Meet you there!!

My Pink Planner's great friend, Laurie Roberts, is heading up this great event for the Komen Foundation here in Kansas City. It's going to be a great time with a featuring TV Personality Rene Syler and Retail Therapy!

Here are the details: Host: Kansas City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Type: Total Party - Benefit
Network: Global
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Overland Park Convention Center
City/Town: Overland Park, KS
Phone: 8168420410
Email: atilley@komenkansascity.org.


Meet you there!!

Sorry all. Been in NYC for my real job. Will blog tonight. Welcome to two new followers!

Just pinged!

My Pink Planner Thanks Volunteers!

All too often, I feature news about survivors becauseI created My Pink Planner to help connect survivors with people who want to help them. The other part of the equation is the volunteer.
I could not have made it through treatment without my network of volunteers. People I had never met were making my family meals. Friends were cleaning my house. Relatives were taking me to treatment. And Johnnie's friends parents were picking him up from the babysitter.
In honor of the upcoming holiday, I would like to publicly thank all the volunteers who helped make me a healthier survivor. Here is the list of my My Pink Planner volunteers:

John Michael, Vicki, Caroline, Eileen, Maureen, Clare, Paula, Diane, Cadie, Denise, April, Genapher, Mary Alice, Jenni, Mary G., Mrs. Kitchin, Barbi, Terrie, Cathy G., Nancy, Michele, Cathy S., Jo, Vong, Estella, Susan, Amy, Pam, Lisa R., Susan and Stacey, Sherri, Lisa T., Tony, Dad, Mom, Kathy, Brian, Nicole, and Jim.

I also wish to thank my husbands' co-workers, the Chinese restaurants' delivery man, the drive-thru workers at McDonald's for telling me I looked good bald, and the survivors who would stop me to give me encouragement when my hair was growing out. Thank you!