Fun Stuff

What did you do after cancer?

I want to encourage survivors to get out there and try something you haven't done before!

Here are a few things I've done

• I participated in my first Triathlon
• I climbed to the top of a 14,000 foot mountain peak with my skis on my back and we jumped into a bowl of deep snow.
• Started playing golf again and joined EWGA
• Started healincomfort business to help people in the battle against cancer.

Skied in Steamboat Col. Doing the bumps :) Click to watch

Cried on TV CLICK here to See Cherie on Fox 7 News Austin

This is an email from BCRC of Texas, I am put together a motorcycle rally OCT 24th with Cowboy Harley Davidson of Austin to raise money and awareness. Bikers wearing pink Support Crew shirts hugging on the patients! whoo hooo

Hi Cherie! I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you're doing!!! All of us at the BCRC send you our heartfelt sincerest thanks for all you are doing to help our sweet, amazing clients!! The ride, ceremony and Nutty Brown party was phenomenal and SO emotional and touching!!! It was just the best!!! As you know, Barb called me as you all were on your way over to St. Davids and was just overcome with emotion as she rode behind you all. And then we heard the roar of the bikes and saw you all riding into the parking lot - well, let me tell you, there were few dry eyes if any!!! There was such love in the air!! You really are an angel and everyone who participated was so wonderful!! Please pass along our sincerest thanks to Winter, Tahni and everyone else who has helped.

There was so much love in that crowd on the day of the ride - it was overwhelming!!! I'm so glad you get to see some of the many lives you're touching and making better! I know our very special clients who receive your wonderful shirts will feel all the love that has gone into them!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Love you!

Phyllis

'''Hi Cherie!! Thank you so much for all you do - you're an angel and we love you!!!'''

Look at what Kathy does for fun while going through treatment.

Awesome Kathy, you go girl!

This is what Stephanie does!!!!

I have done a couple of events to be able to help women who are having surgery for breast cancer.

Lofty Dog fundraiser, Austin Texs

Rogue fundraiser, Austin Texas

friends taking care of friends. Click here

If you have something to say, email me and I will include your comments on the site!

From a friend whose friend had a double mastectomy:

Hey Cherie! I gave Leslie your "package" and she really really loved it. She loved the feel of the shirt [and] the color. I also forwarded to her your T.V. Channel 7 debut, and she said she'd check it out.

'''Thanks again. I feel like I actually did "something" to help her...thanks to you. '''

Here are some emails I've received

Hi cherie.

I just have returned from giving my neighbor, nancy, her shirt and cards. I raced home to put on my Support Crew Shirt and went directly over there. her sister greeted me, and nancy came walking into the living room. the response was just as you stated, from noticing my SUPPORT CREW Shirt, to reading the card i wrote her, and then showed them your postcard, explained your story, and gave her the shirt as i demo'd how it worked.

both her and her sister exclaimed, "oh my goodness, we have been dealing with these dang tubes all day!!!" she tried putting them in a fanny pack, but they were so heavy (she has 2 on each side/ 4 total) and was struggling to get comfortable w/her new mandatory companions.

I am SO very glad you encouraged me to meet with you this evening rather than wait another day!!

then, to top it all off, I read her your shadow story, and she broke down and cried....as did her sister. '''she told me she already had a couple moments in front of the mirror today...... ''' Cherie, I thank you so much for helping me to help someone else to give some comfort, reassurance, and support feels wonderful....and is so appreciated by such a wonderful woman, my neighbor, Nancy. the joy you brought her, brought it also to me.

you do indeed live up to your name.....(from one french named person to another)

hope to see you again soon, a million thanks warmly,

rene'

Hi Cherie,

I just got a lovely email from nancys sister (who is staying w/ her temporarily) that was sent globally to nancys support crew......wanted to share this w/u..... I bet she wouldnt mind if you shared it on your site.

from nancys sister:

There's not a pill for the emotional part of this, and that hurts as much or more. All my silly chatter about what gorgeous ta-tas she can get doesn't help much when she looks in the mirror. Rene, her neighbor, picked up Rachel (her dog) from Dog Boyz and honed in on a problem we were looking for a solution to. Now she has just come over in a SUPPORT CREW Tee, having made a run across town to a lady who is a breast cancer survivor and has developed something that holds up the four drainage bags that will be attached to Nancy for at least the next 11 days and are truly a pain. There's a good bit more to this wonderful story, but as Nancy crawled into bed, she said "I'll think of my shadow, not what I see in the mirror."

how's that for "what goes around comes around" I told you your "shadow story" was powerful!!

take care happy 4th! :)

wow, you are right about going to bed w/certain visions.....very perceptive truth. thanks for allowing me to be part of a GOoD team

what a fantastic day.

i am going to bed feeling blessed

merci, cherie

You are an inspiration. You're expression spoke volumes, and you're action in designing clothing that serves a healing role is a a true blessing.

You look great on the bike too, even though its not a Triumph. ;) Ride on David

Sent: Apr 20, 2009 7:59 AM

Hey Cherie! Just wanted to let you know that I received the shirt and cards and goodies and really want to thank you for doing that. Leslie actually said that she is "excited"! First of all to be in such good company (told her you were making a shirt for Lance and Leslie) and secondly, to have something "girly" to wear home because she is getting ready to use her husband's shirts.

Hey, does the lanyard thing really work? It for the drainage tubes right? Do they just lay inside the loop of the lanyard or the actualy metal clip?

Well, I'm going to give her the shirt tomorrow and her surgery is Thursday.

my reply:

The lanyard's metal clip holds the tube part f the drains so pinch the clip place both tubes through the clip and the drain bulbs lay together in front against the stomach. This way getting changed and having a shower is so much easier because your hands are free. She won't be able to lift her arms over her head for a while :( After she has been home for a couple of days send her my Shadow Story to encourage her and visit my website so she can see Fox 7 News clip hopefully it will be a comfort. I should have sent two lanyards one for day time the other for showers. Let me know how she is doing and if she needs to connect to someone who has been there, please give her my cell Bye for now, Cherie

Cherie,

''My lovely sister-in-law passed away 2 weeks ago at age 52 from the cancer she has been fighting so bravely for more than 12 years. I would like to honor her memory with a donation to your awesome work. Please let me know how to make my check out and where to send it.

Diana would love the work you are doing. She had countless surgeries over the past 12 years, and I know she would have loved the shirts you are making. I am sure my brother would be honored for you to put her name on your Web site. It is Diana McLennan.''

Hugs, Sandie

My friend Stephanie wants to help healincomfort. She is a triathlete which means in one race she swims for miles, bikes forever and then runs a marathon after all that swimming and biking. She told me she wanted to help me help others as well as raise money for Susan G. Komen. Have a look below, I am truly honored by her efforts to make a difference.

Read about my friend Stephanie House below:

Sheryl Crow talks about breast cancer and the enviroment. +Watch Sheryl Crow+

This is my friend Tahni Handal, she is an Austin musician. Tahni wrote a song Stronger Again, click on the link below her photo.

'+ My friend Tahni Handal from Austin wrote a song called 'Stronger Again'+

The following links are for educational purposes only. Always follow the advice of your doctors but it's 0k to ask questions.

Symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer. click here

What is a needle biopsy? click here

cancer pathology click here

This is me on my Road King Harley Davidson

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If you missed the Fox 7 News clip click on this link. CLICK here to See Cherie on Fox 7 News Austin