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They let me hang my sign here today for all to see.
Beautiful!
What good people this world is filled in
This is an email I just got. I went to buy a plain black lace dress for the cancer gala this weekend. I bought it late at night and spelled my last name wrong. I emailed her my story and that my original dress looked bad because I no longer had breasts and my situation. She was so sweet she sent me a free scarf, shirt, and mirror. She also sent the dress in 2 sizes because without a chest measurement I wasn’t sure. She just said send back the one that didn’t fit. Then, this email comes:
From: CEO Queen Grace
Date: February 5, 2013, 8:10:26 PM CST
To: Jennifer Rigano
Subject: Re: order
Dear Jennifer,
Thank you very much for your beautiful voicemail today and I am so happy that you’ll be the Belle of the Ball this Saturday.
We are so touched by your story, your strength, your continued resilience to empower other women battling this horrible disease.
We understand that your mother loves the dress in her size and we would love to gift it to her. Please do not return it – your whole family deserves the love and support now.
Your family will always be in our prayers and I hope we’ll stay in touch. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me anytime…
Marina Zelner
President/CEO
mzelner@queengrace.com
2614 Tamiami Trail North
Suite 523
Naples, Florida 34103
239-588-0260
fax 239-642-9958
http://www.queengrace.com
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Can you believe it my mom gets a dress too? No one has ever been so kind to me. I’m overwhelmed. What a kind soul!
tiiiiirreeed
just got done at 2:20 am attaching my story all over the internet.
I am so tired, but I know somehow, someway I am going to make a difference and this will all be worth it! love you all
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Time to get out there!
I am having a hard time sleeping. So I decided to start posting my story and photo on every single Facebook page out there. I have to put in the effort. Watch out channel 2, 4, 5, fox news, cnbc, ellen show etc etc.!
Peanut our dog has nothing to do with anything, but he is almost 8 and makes me happy š
All because of a set of double D’s
Holy Moly! In 16 days since my sister in law Claire Faucett set up my website/blog.
takingitfromthetop.com
2,700 people have looked at it!
What the heck? That is totally wonderful. All this fuss started because
of a set of double D breasts. š
Today was a long day. I have to admit. I
am still really sore and if it’s not better by tomorrow I have to call the doctor…. boo hoo hoo! I can imagine the words “let’s just drain the fluid with super gigantic needle! Should be fun right? Or, maybe he’ll say “Dear Lord you look amazing, what in the world is going on, jeez you are practically super human at healing.” Well, let’s hope for the latter of the two.
My heart is a bit heavy today. I have been receiving so many emails and comments about women who can’t afford to get a breast exams or mammograms. I made some calls today and emails and hope to have some answers soon. Eventually I hope to have a day set up where women can get free breast exams.. and then mammograms etc. if needed later.
I actually think a Mobile version would work best and we could go to local businesses etc. and have women run out for 20 minutes or so, get an exam
and then set up further tests if needed. A girl can dream can’t she š
Well, tomorrow I will release a bit of info on a PSA I am working on. I think it will make a huge statememt and maybe even change the world š
Oh, and before I go to bed I want to say one quick reminder š
HAVING YOUR HUSBAND, BOYFRIEND, OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER CHECK YOUR BREASTS FOR LUMPS IS
NOT
GOOD
ENOUGH
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Call for a Doctors Appointment š lol
( This picture is a logo I made
today to represent Pcrmc Hospital and the Bond clinic where I will get chemo. I think I did a good job!)
Lots on my mind!
So, itās been a few days since I had time to post. WOW! Is everything going by fast. I have had so many nice people reach out to me to help I am starting to forget who to thank for what. Iāve had flowers, and food, and cards, gifts, help with my kids and so on and so forth. Everything is just so nice.
For those who donāt know me too well, I grew up in St. Louis. I met John Marc when he was in Graduate School and we moved to Rolla when Kaylee was almost three. She turns 10 in 6 days! I didnāt really know any neighbors there .I didnāt care about the people checking me out at Shop n Save, and I could care less about the mailman or the UPS guy. But, when you move to a smaller town something changes. Iām not sure what it is, but itās not found everywhere you go.
Rolla has āItāā¦ whatever āItā is.
Everyone here wants to help you. They genuinely care about you and your family and their needs. I wasnāt used to that, but now I love it. My husband works at the hospital here at PCRMC. I am choosing to do all my care from start to finish here. Not because I feel like I have to in any way, but because I want to. I trust these people. They are more than surgeons, and physicians, and radiologistsā¦they are friends to us. I looked into each of their eyes before each procedure and I knew I would beat cancer. J
Today I got some info on Chemo that scared the crap out of me. My first treatment is February 20, 2013ā¦a day that will for sure be burned into my brain for eternity. I asked the dumbest question ever when she calledā¦ āSo, how long is the chemo appointment?ā She saysā¦ āatleast 4 hours.ā WHAT????????????? What the hell am I doing for 4 stinking hours? I canāt possibly be that sick right? There is no way at 32 years old I need someone to inject me with poison for that many hours. DAMNā¦.Iām not trying to turn into the Incredible Hulk!
Tomorrow I will update my list of treatment days so everyone knows. I will also update on when the big āhead shaveā will happen. I decided to sort of do it in stepsā¦so youāll see.
This Saturday is the Cancer Gala. They have it every year, but I usually get out of it because Kaylees birthday is the next day and I make some sort of excuse. š haha. I know they probably do a lot of great things, but itās a Saturday. I want to wear pajamas all dayā¦not high heels. So this year I am going. What a bit of Serendipidity that I am going as an actual Cancer Patient this year??? Who would have thought that? I bought a black dress (Iām still in mourning right??) and even had the owner of the company personally call me and tell me how brave I was and wanted to send me something free. See??? The world is a good place after all š
I have had a few people message me about donations and I really didnāt know what to say. I know there will be expenses coming up, Iām just not sure what they are yet. I thought I would attach a link for the ones who were asking, and the other please just skip this part;) I make jokes that I hope the Ellen show, or someone one day will see my website and give me the greatest gift of all. One Week. One magical week with all my family on both sides to get together and have a blast at the beach. Usually when you get married it is hard to get the whole family together on all sides and ours is about 20 people or so! Lol Time to be a family, and time to slow down and enjoy each other. I will attach the greatest photo I have ever taken of my kids. It was the moment their feet touched the sand for the first time ever. God is Good.
Thank you and God Bless. Oh, and big news coming tomorrow! Stay Tuned
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Donations:
wow!
I am am so overwhelmed with how great everyone is being! I have had so many people contact me and it’s amazing! I have so much to update later! I promise:)
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