The Sister Study

By koponen Tuesday, January 22, 2008

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Hi Guys,

Thought I'd spread the word on a new study I heard about from my sister. My sister, Kathy, is the best. She took the news of my cancer pretty hard but has totally been there for me. She did tons of research on her own so that she would understand what I was going through.

We went through a bad scare a couple of weeks ago when she found a lump and had to have a needle biopsy. Thank God it came back negative. I'm not sure that I could have handled my little sister having breast cancer, too.

Then Kathy told me about this major study going on that she signed up for...Its called the Sister Study...and is an environmental and genetic study about breast cancer. You can go to www.sisterstudy.org to find out all about it. Please, pass the word on about this to all sisters.

I'll follow up on how I'm doing another time....this sharepost is about sisters...and how lucky I am to have mine.

Koponen

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Maria Gifford, Editor

1/23/08 12:16pm

...whether it's a study based on them or they're our very own to love and embrace (through breast cancer or not), like you I am blessed with sisterly love each and every day of my life. I have two!

Thanks for the Sister Study heads up, Koponen. I'll be sure to check it out.

Best,

Maria

Poteet

1/23/08 12:57pm

My sister is a fellow survivor. She had lumpectomy and radiation at age 34. So, she knows what we're going through (all but the bald part) and can sympathize as only another survivor sister can...

Don't know what I would do without her.

purplemoonmom

1/26/08 11:01am

Hey Koponen,

Glad to hear from you again! :0) I checked out the sister study site. I'm happy that this place exists. More pieces to the puzzle is a good thing. Thanks so much for passing it on. That's how it will work. I have two little sister's one age 30 and one 26. They are both too young for this study. I did just get my results back from the genetic testing for the breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 and it can back showing that I do not carry that gene(s). This is good news for my sisters and daughter but they still are at an increased risk merely because I have had BC.

Thinking of you! How's the taxol going? How many left?

Love ya, Laurie

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