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Your Cancer Story Can Be the Best Christmas Gift - Breast Cancer ...

December 20, 2011

Your Cancer Story Can Be the Best Christmas Gift

What if you could turn your experience with breast cancer into a gift to give to others? How wonderful is it to think that you can use your cancer story to bless others this Christmas season? Mailet Lopez not only turned her story about stage 2 breast cancer into something that could bless others, she has created a forum where all cancer survivors have the opportunity to bless someone else whose life is touched by cancer. She created a social network for people touched by cancer. IHadCancer.com is a website where survivors, those newly diagnosed, and those who have a loved one or friend touched by cancer can connect. It is simple yet brilliant.

I know how quickly you feel isolated when you receive a cancer diagnosis; you feel different from the people around you. The fear and uncertainty are overwhelming, and often your family and friends don?t know how to help you. Well, someone does ? another survivor.

Mailet built her website for those who are newly diagnosed or have a loved one who has been diagnosed with cancer. The social network that she and her co-founders have created can be a lifeline for cancer victims. The stories are heartwarming, encouraging, informational and inspiring. You don?t feel so alone when you can find someone who knows exactly what you are going through and who can tell you that you will get through it. I can think of no better gift to give a cancer patient than the support of someone on the other side of the battle. Your story has the power to lead someone through the dark and painful months of treatment.

The website is beautiful. IHadCancer.com is the only website that has ever made me cry. I cried when I read what it was about; I cried when I heard Mailet?s story, and I cried when I realized the power this site has in the battle against breast cancer and other forms of the disease. It was an experience that touched me and reminded me that we are a community of warriors and survivors. This network of courageous people helping each other and providing insight and encouragement for families facing cancer is unique and awe-inspiring.

The website itself is easy to navigate and provides all the information you need to understand, use and join it. This Christmas season, we can all turn our cancer experiences into a gift; we each have a story to share with someone who needs a friend. What a remarkable gift idea!

Blessings to you and yours this Christmas season.

Kathy-Ellen

Source: http://www.everydayhealth.com/blog/life-with-breast-cancer/your-cancer-story-can-be-the-best-christmas-gift/

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