bitsofmyself

My Experience with Cancer

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Hobbies

awesome battyhead jewelry:http://www.battyhead.com/proddetail.php?prod=0044″Anyone who Knows Jenn Michelle knows she is a total Bad Ass especially bald! I made this bracelet completely with her fight in mind. I chose peridot crystal which is not only her birthstone but a healing color. I chose the Aquamarine crystal for Peace throughout her long journey, and the amethyst crystal for protection. I also hand made the amethyst ribbon to symbolize Hodgkin’s Lymphoma awareness. There are also gunmetal beads helping her fight! The reason for the Sterling silver beads spelling out “Bad Ass” is so everyone remembers we don’t have to give up! Jenn Michelle hasn’t, like so many others fighting this disease. And together we can all stand up and fight back with them! I hope someone will buy this bracelet and wear it knowing they have made a huge difference, and brought us a step closer to finding a cure. Thank you” -Michelle Battyclown noses for cancer store: http://clownnoses4cancer.wordpress.com/cn4c-store/

Reason for Being Here

please join me and my family as we stand up to cancer, again. you can join our su2c.org team at: http://www.standup2cancer.org/mysu2c/team/view/3581

Words of Wisdom

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Religion

Catholic

Know Me

http://bitsofmyself.com/about/our daughter, whom i call “nugget,” was conceived via ivf after a long, painful struggle with infertility.now i’m a full-fledged attachment parenting, extended nursing, child-led weaning*, co-sleeping, green living, suburban dwelling, still infertile, stay-at-home mother of one. *in may of 2008, i was diagnosed with hodgkin’s lymphoma. we had to stop nursing for chemotherapy. this is clearly not what i had in mind when i chose to practice child-led weaning. i pumped through chemo and we were able to resume nursing after treatment. now i try to remember our nursing hiatus as just a bump in the road. a really, really huge, scary, awful bump that no one should ever have to endure.sadly, my june 2009 scan shows the cancer is back. we have worked so hard to get to this point and now the rug’s being pulled out from under us once again. cancer sucks.