Tag: CANCER SURVIVOR

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Anthony Daniels Cancer Survivor!

anthony Daniels and Bradley Cooper

September 24,2016

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Ridgewood NJ, After six long years of battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma, native villager Anthony Daniels is now cancer-free.

Daniels was 19-years-old and a sophomore at Fordham University in New York City when he was diagnosed with the blood cancer.

Despite four relapses and 30 rounds of chemotherapy, Daniels never gave up trying to find a bone marrow match . Daniels struggle was well documented on this blog.

Daniels whose ongoing battle against Hodgkin’s lymphoma was the focus of a documentary film, and his fight against Hodgkin’s lymphoma even got the attention of actor Bradley Cooper.

Daniels, who never found his perfect match, was told that his final shot at surviving would be to get an alternative stem cell transplant. On March 25th he took his chances heading to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas .With less than a 30% chance it would work it did and now he is in complete remission.

 

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CANCER SURVIVOR CREATES THE PERFECT TOOLKIT FOR CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTS

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A water bottle to hydrate. Headphones to unwind. A journal to escape.

June 11,2016

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Ridgewood NJ, Cancer survivor Amanda Fredericks stored these essential items and several others inside of a purple, waterproof bag that, in spring 2015, usually remained tucked away in a corner of her home.
But every other Wednesday, Fredericks – who was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer – loaded the bag into her car and headed toward the hospital for chemotherapy treatment.

Her story is, unfortunately, not a new one, but her bag of “necessities” was unique. “I went into chemotherapy scared and unsure of how my body would react” said Fredericks, who spent 16-weeks in chemotherapy before undergoing a bi-lateral mastectomy and reconstructive surgeries. “A dear friend sent me a list of the things that helped her through her battle with cancer. I took that list and created the first ever Necessity Bag that went with me to every chemotherapy appointment – it felt like my little bit of armor against the disease. “
But now, Fredericks is packing Necessity Bags for more than herself. “After my experience, I recommended a similar bag to friends when they were diagnosed with Cancer. The reaction I got was so overwhelmingly positive that I wanted to help more people heal and get through the process. That was when I created the Necessity Bag.”
The bags themselves are washable, tip-proof BOGG bags, which are lightweight and waterproof and come in multiple color options.

Fredericks and business partner, Megan Leto, pack each bag with a cozy blanket, an aluminum water bottle, a journal, a bookmark, headphones, a cotton beanie, soothing essential oils, throat lozenges, hot/cold packs and organic lotion.

The pair is selling the bags online at www.necessitybag.com and plan on donating 20 percent of the revenue to grassroots organizations four times a year.

The bags are intended to be gifts to patients or a gift from patients to themselves.