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My First Steps
 
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization's Web site has launched a new section for newly diagnosed patients.
 

July 2006 Y-ME Illinois e-News  

 

In This Edition:

Y-ME Launches New Web Site for the Newly Diagnosed

Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization’s Web site has launched a new section designed to empower newly diagnosed patients to make well-informed treatment decisions with their health care teams.

The section, My First Steps, is visible on Y-ME’s home page.  When users choose to look at the section, they will find information about recurrence, tumor types, clinical trials, and questions to ask their doctors.  Many of the pages of information link back to other parts of Y-ME's Web site; for instance, “Breast Cancer Information,” “Questions to Ask Your Doctor” and “Understanding Your Pathology Report.”

The information was developed through a close partnership between Y-ME and Genomic Health based on the latest scientific and medical information.  It will allow newly diagnosed women and their families to understand and discuss the many diagnostic characteristics of their breast cancer and the appropriate treatment options with their physicians.

 

http://www.y-me.org/myfirststeps

26th Annual Y-ME Illinois

Fashion Show & Luncheon

Circle of Help and Healing

October 28, 2006 

Honor Your Special Supporter

 

Haven’t nominated your Special Supporter yet? Don’t delay, nominations must be received by August 1, 2006!

We have received some wonderful and touching nominations and we would like to share a portion of one with you.

 

Middle of My Circle

by Carole Eisenstein

 

The surgeon says I need a mastectomy
Words that send one into shock.
He sends me to a stranger
Who will certainly make my world rock.
 
But oh this man is gentle and as kind as he can be
As he describes the plan he has designed to heal me.

My “Circle of Help” holds this man right in the middle
My “Circle of Healing” leaves no place to fiddle.

And I never will be able to tell him enough
How special and wonderful he is when times were so tough.

So it gives me such great pleasure to honor him this way
Y-ME Illinois & I are thrilled to have Dr. David Slivnick
and his lovely wife Barbara join me here today.


Thank you Carole for your wonderful submission!

Please make sure that you are recognizing your Special Supporter at this year’s 26th Annual Fashion Show and Luncheon “The Circle of Help and Healing” on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2006, at the Hilton Chicago by sending in your nomination. You do not need to write a poem or short story - you can take just a few sentences to tell us why your Supporter means so much to you.


A few select survivors and their special supporters will be chosen to be models in the 2006 Fashion Show in a random drawing. All entries will be acknowledged at this year’s Y-ME Illinois Fashion Show & Luncheon.

You can download a nomination form online. If you have questions, please contact Rosemary Drexel at rdrexel@y-me.org or 312-364-9071.

 

Breast Cancer Survivors Invited to Make a Difference

Are you a breast cancer survivor? In just 2 hours you can make a difference in the lives of thousands of women.

Please join us for a fascinating 2-hour focus group. Learn about what’s brand new in research and help shape the research with YOUR opinion. This breakthrough medical research is designed to help future breast cancer patients have more treatment options available to them. Put your experience to work - YOU can help researchers do the right thing.

 
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Early evening -OR- Lunchtime
Y-ME Illinois Office Building

203 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago 60601

 

Participants in the focus groups must:

  • Have had a diagnosis of post-menopausal breast cancer.
  • Have been diagnosed at Stage 1 or 2.
  • Never have been in a clinical trial.
  • Taken tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor within the last five years.

For your participation you will receive:

  • $75 honorarium for your assistance
  • Free parking downtown – all day! Make a day of it!
  • Complimentary meal

Space is limited!  Call Alicia today at 312-364-9071 to see if you can be part of this exciting opportunity!

 

Read more details about participating online.

 

 


Pink Streak runners and supporters share running stories and more at the 2006 Pink Streak Kick-Off.
Pink Streak Off and Running!


On June 22nd Pink Streak Runners gathered at Rehability for their Kick-Off event. It was a great evening of food, fun and sharing running stories and fundraising successes! Thank you to Pink Streak sponsor, Rehability Multi-Specialty Spine and Sports Medicine, for hosting the event.


Runners were motivated by the highlights from the 2005 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, inspired by fellow Pink Streaker Kate Chandler who spoke of her mother, a Champion Marathoner who lost her battle with breast cancer, as her inspiration for running Pink, and educated by Rehability’s Doctors and Specialists who shared their knowledge and guidance for healthy running.


Sound like fun and want to get involved?

It’s not too late to Run Pink in the fight against breast cancer! For more information, visit the Pink Streak Web site or contact Ciara at cmcgrath@y-me.org.

 

Already training with CARA for the Chicago Marathon? Look for us at your morning training runs and feel free to ask us any questions about being part of the Pink Streak team and helping Y-ME Illinois to ensure that no one faces breast cancer alone!

 

LIVESTRONG Survey for Post-Treatment Cancer Survivors

The Lance Armstrong Foundation is conducting an anonymous survey of cancer survivors who have completed treatment. The survey will provide the Foundation with valuable information about physical, emotional and practical challenges of cancer so that we may provide even better tools and information to help people affected by cancer live life on their own terms.

 

You are eligible for this survey if:

  • You have finished treatment for cancer.
  • You have finished treatment for cancer but you are still taking medication, such as tamoxifen, to prevent new or returning cancer.
  • You have finished treatment for cancer but are still seeing your doctor to check for new or returning cancers.

Learn more about taking this survey online.

 

 



Y-ME ShareRing Network
                 
A free, monthly one-hour teleconference, offered by Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, featuring a breast cancer related presentation by a medical professional followed by a question and answer session.  The call then ends with small discussion groups.
 
ShareRing Network Teleconference Schedule:

July 19, 2006
"What is Breast Cancer?"
Speaker: Robert A. Weinberg, Ph.D.
Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Daniel K. Ludwig Professor of Biology, MIT
Cambridge, MA
To register, click here.
 
Transcriptions are now available! To read transcriptions of past ShareRing Network teleconferences, click here.

 

 


Y-ME Seeks Springfield Walk Coordinator

Are you a committed individual with experience coordinating events and managing volunteers?  Help Y-ME ensure that no one faces breast cancer alone!

Read about open positions at Y-ME Illinois.
Calendar of Events  

We also post additional events online: August 26, 2006

Alderman Rugai's 12th Annual Y-ME Softball Tournament
Chicago, Illinois

Join us for this Y-ME summer tradition raising funds to ensure that no one faces breast cancer alone. Call (312) 364-9071 for more information.

 

October 22, 2006
The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon
Chicago, Illinois

Cheer on the 2006 Pink Streak Marathon Team as they run 26.2 miles to ensure that no one faces breast cancer alone! If you want to become part of the Pink Streak Team, contact Ciara McGrath at cmcgrath@y-me.org or visit the Pink Streak website.

October 28, 2006
26th Annual Y-ME Illinois Fashion Show & Luncheon

"Circle of Help and Healing"
Chicago Hilton & Towers - 720 S. Michigan Ave.

Don't miss this signature Y-ME event celebrating survivorship!

 

Science & Research News   
Y-ME Illinois does not necessarily endorse the content listed below.  We also remind our readers about the importance of reading reports regarding the latest research with a critical eye. Happy reading!

 

Drug for Bones Is Newly Linked to Jaw Disease
In the last 10 years, millions of patients have taken a class of drugs that can prevent agonizing broken and deteriorating bones. Read more.

 

They Navigate Cancer's Shoals...

Sharon Clemente woke up one morning three years ago to find her breast was leaking blood.  It was the first of several terrifying discoveries. Within days, Clemente learned that she had advanced cancer in both breasts and needed a double mastectomy. Read more.

 

Exemestane Following Tamoxifen Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrences and Prolongs Survival
Longer follow-up data from a phase III trial of postmenopausal women with breast cancer who switched to the drug exemestane (Aromasin®) after several years on tamoxifen confirm a delay in disease progression and also show a survival advantage, compared to women who stayed on tamoxifen. Read more.

 

Racial Component Is Found in Lethal Breast Cancer
Young black women with breast cancer are more prone than whites or older blacks to develop a type of tumor with genetic traits that make it especially deadly and hard to treat, a study has found. Read more.
 

Illinois Affiliate of Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
203 N. Wabash | Suite 1220 | Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-364-9071 | Fax: 312-364-9066
www.y-me.org/illinois

 Y-ME National Breast Cancer Hotline
1-800-221-2141 (English)
1-800-986-9505 (español)
*Interpreters available in 150 languages



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