Cancer Awareness

Join the Glamoursis Girls on their "Care to Share" Mission

The Glamoursis Girls are on a “CARE TO SHARE” mission to bring cancer awareness to all in hopes to save as many lives as possible by sharing personal experiences, educating and encouraging others to do the same.

Prevention is the key:
- Get regular check ups
- Get a mammogram every year after the age of 40
- Do self breast exams regularly
- Take any signs seriously
- Be proactive
- Love yourself!

Cancer is not a word I take lightly.  In fact, even to write this article I had to dig deep inside myself to have the strength.  Cancer has devastated and turned my world upside down.  I feel like I have been living in a nightmare for the past few years and just can’t wake up.  After a long, hard, and painful battle, I recently lost my dear father to metastasized prostrate cancer.  This experience was traumatic.  My father was one of the most important people in my life. He was deeply loved and is intensely missed. 

Not even a month after I lost my father, my (maternal) aunt told me she was diagnosed with breast cancer.  My already broken heart sank.  I thought it can’t be true!  My poor mother, just lost the love of her life to cancer, and now she has to hear that her only sister has breast cancer.  I felt like I was watching a bad daytime soap opera and really needed to change the channel.

My aunt and I have always been extremely close and she holds a very special place in my heart.  She is not only my aunt, but a best friend.  All I could do was try my best to be supportive, stay positive, and strong. 

Despite the hell (to say the least) my aunt continues to go through, she has managed to keep a positive attitude.  She is a fighter and an inspiration to us all.  Please click here to read her story as she shares her ongoing struggles, deepest thoughts, concerns and how important it is to get checked regularly and be proactive. 

Cancer is not a battle that one fights alone it is a down right war that a whole family takes part in.  Watching a love one undergo such horrible and painful times is truly unbearable.  Cancer brings on a great sense of helplessness, sadness, heartache and fear.   Cancer not only devastates the person battling the illness but truly devastates all involved and changes lives forever.

I have decided to take a deep breath, swallow hard and share my experience, knowledge and thoughts with others in hopes to shed a bright light on this serious subject, let people know they are not alone and bring cancer awareness to all. 

Celebrity Story

Everybody thinks celebrities are the untouchables.  Well, cancer does not discriminate.  It does not matter who you are or what you do nobody is exempt.  Please watch the video below of breast cancer survivor, Olivia Newton John, as she shares her inspiring story.

By: Elizabeth Redondo

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