Some of you may know that my dad has cancer (CLL- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia). He has been on a trial treatment this past year and so far he is responding great to it and it looks like it is putting his cancer into remission - we hope permanently!
My sister-in-law Tara also recently had a cancerous growth removed that was a form of skin cancer (Morpheaform (sclerosing) Basal Cell). It appears they got it all we hope too!
Thank goodness for medical intervention and faith!
On that note, help support cancer awareness by watching the commercial-free special Stand Up For Cancer tonight - Friday, September 5, 2008 - on TV. It will be on ABC, CBS, and NBC.
My family is so grateful for the results of the cancer research that has been helping my dad and we hope our government would put much more money into cancer research!
Performers scheduled to appear include:
Performers scheduled to appear include:
Casey Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Christina Applegate, Lance Armstrong, Abigail Breslin, Josh Brolin, David Cook, Katie Couric, Dana Delany, Fran Drescher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kirsten Dunst, Elizabeth Edwards, Jon Favreau, America Ferrera, Charles Gibson, Neil Patrick Harris, Salma Hayek, Scarlett Johansson, Masi Oka, Danica Patrick, Christina Ricci, Robin Roberts, Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank, Charlize Theron, Goran Visnjic, Forest Whitaker, Brian Williams and Reese Witherspoon.
Singers:
Singers:
Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood.
Why Now? Cancer takes one person every minute. They are our brothers, our sisters, our fathers and mothers, our husbands and wives, our best friends, our children, ourselves. Stand Up To Cancer is launching a new movement to attack cancer once and for all by pushing promising scientific breakthroughs to the finish.
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