Anyone who knows us well knows we are very close to Mike's office manager, Linda Hill. She is a fabulous woman who my kids adore. She is like an adopted aunt to them and her 7 kids are like cousins to my kids. Linda's youngest daughter, Hayley, is also our usual babysitter. You get the idea, right?
Well, Linda is also a 3 time cancer survivor. She was first dianogsed with Hogkin's Lymphomia at 19. She underwent chemo and radiation and beat it. But she was also more likely to get other forms of cancer because of her Hogkin's treatment. She was also told that she could be sterile and not have could not have children. Obviously, with 7 children (Jennifer, Kelly, Lauren, Molly, Jake, Bubba, and Hayley) that did not happen. :0) She then got thyroid cancer and had her thyroid removed. Then in March 2008, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a double mastectomy in April. She has recovered nicely but cannot undergo reconsruction because of the risk of infection and she has no speen (again due to the Hogkin's).
She has a great sense of humor and has decided to help others find humor in the horrible, life-changing diagnosis cancer can be.
She now has her own t-shirt company. Linda was on the Glenn Beck show on October 14th. She was featured on the Real America segment of his show. She told about her company and had pictures of her parents, brother, all her kids, Chad(who she works with also), and Mike. :0) Her company is called So Much More. The motto of the company is "Cancer does not define us, we are so much more." For every t-shirt that is sold, a $2 gift from that sale is given to the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
We are very proud of Linda and are thrilled with her her beating breast cancer. But what frightens me is the number of people that I know and love that have battled cancer or have had cancer scares. I know that October is breast cancer awareness month, so please check out her site.
I'm sorry to go all sober and sad on this post. I will try to be more upbeat next time I promise.
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Hi Kathy, thanks for the story of your friend Linda. How cool she is and that she got to go on Glenn Beck!
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