Kristy’s Wish
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I am a breast cancer survivor and I would like to bring a smile to my fellow breast cancer warriors!
This coming Saturday the 18th @ 9:30a.m. I am looking for about 10-12 people to help make tie fleece blankets to donate to the cancer center. We will meet @ the Canton Fire Dept. Beth Bullock Larrabee was kind enough to set that up. If you have sharp scissors please bring them. I have all of the fleece. Thanks in advance!
Hi friends! I am still quietly working on projects for the cancer center! Life has just been a little busy the last few weeks! I have 16 more bags, twenty hats, gift cards for Dunkin and gas cards that I need to deliver. I am waiting until volleyball season is officially done for my daughter before I set a date to gather some friends to help make blankets. Please let me know if you would be interested. We will be making 15 fleece tie blankets. We will need a few sets of hands! Thank you! Love you all! 💗
10/20/2023
Hi friends!!!!!! Look what we did!!!! YAY!!! This makes my heart so happy! We delivered 30 breast cancer care bags to the Richard E. Winter Cancer Center today! This made my heart so happy! I hope it makes 30 other cancer warriors happy too!!! I couldn’t have made it happen without the help from awesome friends and family! We have lots more to come! Stay tuned!!! Love you all! 💗
10/19/2023
On my way to Syracuse for a doctors appointment and thought I would stop and get fabric for the blankets!!!! YAY! A big thank you to every single person that has helped make this happen! Love you all!!!! 💗
10/18/2023
10/15/2023
Early detection saves lives! 💗
10/13/2023
Completely out of my comfort zone but I wanted to share with you guys some of the amazing items we have! I also want to add to the list of items that we have: I ordered aquaphor, we have small tubes of lotions which we could use more of, we have lemon candy coming, we have chapstick coming and we do have 6 of them already, we could use more individual sized tissues and anything else that you guys would like to donate!! Thank you all!!! I love you all BIG!!!! 💗 I also have to send a shout out to my brother in law Marc who also jumped right in and helped me get started with a monetary donation! 😘
10/13/2023
Please make sure you get your mammo or MRI regularly!!! A mammo saved my life! 💗
Just a few items that I am thinking we need to add to the bags:
- lemon candies
- green tea
- chapstick
- word search books
I also want to add that if there are any small items that you guys can think of that you think would work you are welcome to add to the list!!
My goal is to deliver 30 bags to the Cancer Center by the end of next week and then I have another idea in mind!
Let’s make these Warriors smile! 💗
10/12/2023
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3 years ago I was at work getting ready to walk out the door at 4pm and my phone rang...it had been 4 long days since I had my breast biopsy and I was very impatiently waiting for my test results. I knew...this was my second biopsy within a year and things were different this time. You could hear the concern in the medical staffs voices. I answered the phone and it was the doctor. She asked if I was somewhere where I could talk and if I was sitting. I knew this was it. The day I had been dreading was here. The words “you have breast cancer” came out of her mouth and the rest was just a blur. My husband held me in his arms and reassured me that I was going to be okay although I knew deep down he was scared to death. My mind started racing and all I could think about was my kids are young! I want to see them graduate, get married, have babies, and see what they are going to do in life. I thought about my husband and that I didn’t want him to take on this crazy life alone. And my mom...gosh she would be so heart broken. My sisters and sis-in-law! But then I came to the realization and realized snap the hell out of it Kristy. You need to kick cancers ass! Things moved quickly. I received a call back within 5 minutes and I had a appointment with the breast surgeon the very next day. The next part I dreaded. Telling my kiddos. Gaven was out of town, Hadleigh was working and Lainey was at our camp. My kids were amazing. There were times that they were stronger than I was. Before I knew it things were just a whirlwind. Surgery, tests upon tests, doctors upon doctors, waiting...lots of waiting, lots of worrying. Treatments and meds...lots of horrible meds. Another surgery! And did I say waiting! Oh goodness that was the worst part...the unknown. But here I am here today! I am still here to say so and still standing strong(some days are harder than others)! I am on a cancer med that is kicking my ass but I am not going to let it win. It causes lots of pain along with other side effects but I get up everyday and take each day minute by minute and get through my days. I will tell you cancer has changed me. It has made me stronger and weaker all at the same time. It has caused some massive anxiety but I trudge through everyday. It’s a struggle. The anxiety and worry of not knowing if the cancer is elsewhere in your body and if it is coming back somewhere else. But then the strong side of me comes out and tells me to take in everyday and find inner peace and be thankful for life’s beauty. I have never let CANCER win. I am coming out on top everyday. It has caused some weakness but it has also given me so much strength. Strength to look at life through a different lens, strength to realize life is so short, love really hard, laugh when you can and cry when you need to but whatever you do DON’T give up. I have realized that we live on borrowed time. Cut out the negativity in life...you just don’t need it. Don’t sweat the small stuff and always, always have faith. Don’t ever lose hope!!!
My hope with this page is to come together so we can gather items for care packages to bring a smile to local breast cancer patients through monetary donations or items to go in the care packages. I have started the care packages with help from my family and friends. I would like to keep this going year round and my hope is to deliver the care packages to the local Cancer Center. I would also like to be able to donate gift cards for gas or other items that are needed throughout their cancer journey. This is something near and dear to my heart. I know there are local organizations that have funding to help cancer patients but I would like to do something a little more personal. I will post my Venmo if anyone would like to make a monetary donation. I can also give my address if people are not comfortable with doing a monetary donation and would like to donate items. I will make a list of items that I have been thinking about. Once I get going I would like to do a few fundraisers every year and I will definitely need help so if anyone is interested in helping or brainstorming please let me know! Thank you all in advance. Love you all! 💗
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