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Living With an Invisible Illness: What It’s Really Like
Living With an Invisible Illness: What It’s Really Like Having an invisible illness often feels like living in two worlds at once. On the outside, you may look fine—smiling, working, and interacting like everyone else. But inside, your body may be waging a silent war, battling chronic pain, fatigue, or other debilitating symptoms. The reality…
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My Experience With Cervical Cancer
I began having several symptoms of something being wrong in my bottom area. I was continually bleeding and had severe pain in my abdomen. Thankfully, I went to the hospital and had several tests which concluded that I had advanced cervical cancer. On December 2, 2002, I started my experimental and aggressive cancer treatment for…
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Wings of Hope Project: The New Patient Bags
Do you have different books lying around your house that may uplift someone’s spirit? The books must be in good condition that you would like to give away. Currently, the Laugh at Cancer Support Community has started to collect books, in order to give them out to a local cancer center in Jacksonville, FL. We…
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Build an Illness Support System
Have you recently been diagnosed with a chronic disease or medical condition? Are you looking for a support group, online or locally, to find a shoulder to lean on? There are several types of support groups to choose from, no matter what condition or disease you have. Many groups offer individual help in a local…
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My Reflections and Goals
As a young girl, I always dreamed of writing novels or writing for my city’s local paper. Every day, I told my friends that someday, they would see my name in the newspaper on the front page. They would generally laugh or make comments about my head being in the clouds. After hitting a hurdle…
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Wings of Hope Project-Dec. 2014
Wings of Hope Project has started on November 1st, 2014. We will be giving out patient bags to the Shands Infusion Center for Women in Jacksonville, FL. After they are told they have cancer, the patients will receive one of our bags that will let them know that there is some out there that cares about them. Our…
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Donate Books for Cancer Patients
Do you have different books lying around your house, which are in good condition that you would like to give away? Currently, the Laugh at Cancer Support Community is collecting gently used books for our gift bags that we will be giving out in December 2014. These books will be given to men…
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Wings of Hope Project – September 2014 – Next Give Away
We successfully completed our Wings of Hope Project for March 27, 2014 give away, which consisted of 12 gift bags full of items that will be given to new patients at Shands Infusion Center for Women. We made up a nurses bag and threw some extra stuff in it, so the nurses can give them…
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Wings of Hope for March 2014
Yesterday, we gave away 12 bags for new patients at Shand’s Infusion Center For Women, plus we threw extras in the nurse’s bag. So, the nurse can make a few more bags. I am excited because we were able to bless so many patients. Come on and get involved for September’s give away. WE Need: small…
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Blanket of Hope Project 2013
Blankets of Hope 2013 By Crystal S. Kauffman This Christmas, help me spread the joy of Christmas cheer to the patients in local nursing, which has many patients. Some patients have no family and would enjoy receiving the small gifts from someone. There are many ways you can help like you can donate signed Christmas cards,…
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Blankets Of Hope Project
Dear Friends, Its not to early to start collecting a donating blankets or small gifts, as well as Christmas cards. We will need 120 gifts for the nursing home patients that we have chosen to help this year. Please help us bring a little Christmas joy into the lives of patients who do not get…
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Wings of Hope Project
I am collecting about 20 packages of blank cards with ten cards in it. I will be writing “Thinking of You” inside the card. I will be visiting a local nursing home two times a year to give out the cards. Every year, the Laugh at cancer Support community staff and I will be picking…
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