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You've got to be kidding me, I have Breast Cancer? My name is Madelene Boudreaux. I just had my 51st birthday and my present was cancer. Although it wasn't the present I was expecting, I have decided to embrace it as such. My life as it existed is changed. Even though my diagnosis is that I have the most common breast cancer you can have (80% of the women who get breast cancer have this one) and the actual tumor was only 1.2 centimeters and there was only a microscopic spec in one lymph node... things just changed overnight. I feel confident that I will be healed with all the surgery, chemo and radiation, as well as the prayers, the shift in lifestyle and health changes, all of this with God as my Healer overseeing the whole plan. Most importantly, sunsets are more beautiful, my children are more precious and I cry for everything. Such clarity prevails, where life was blurry. I know my healing will come gently through trusted medical professionals, faith in a loving God and prayerful friends. I am surrounded by love with my family of eight kids and a great husband and a community of kind spirits!
Showing posts with label miles perret center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label miles perret center. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Another TV Experience, not HGTV, but TV all the same!

Today I went to the Miles Perret Center to their Life With Cancer Support group to do a presentation on the importance of journaling through cancer. Although the group was only two people, I certainly walked away with inspiration from them. This experience is so enlightening, in so many ways. When I listen to the people I've met with their own stories, the lessons go deeper and deeper. HOPE is a word that seems to resonate in my soul over and over. This week has been good. Last Wednesday when I woke up I opened my eyes and began to cry! I was dreading going to chemo that day. I wanted to just give up and stop, NO MORE TOXINS!! Then I gathered my self together and went and survived it in spite of my DREAD! Today as I anticipate tomorrow's chemo I have this "bring it on" attitude. After this treatment I will only have 4 taxol treatments left. I am nearing the finish line and that feels so good.
Today while I was at the center, Julie Kelley shared with me a copy of one of their new public service announcements which features a clip of an interview I was asked to do last month. Of course it captured me in my hair dresser mode talking about my hair again. (or the lack thereof) So I attached the video clip to this post so you could see it before it hits the airwaves. (thanks Matt for helping me figure it out)
I got to see Audrey today. We went by for a quick visit. She seems to be such a content baby. And of course so pretty too. Blair is embracing motherhood so naturally and Glen is beaming! She is soo cute!
I just got a phone call from my mom to let me know that my niece, Amy, is on her way to the hospital to have her baby... Let's pray everything goes well and tomorrow morning we'll find out what she had.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Think Pink Day for Miles Perret Center

     First things first, THE DRAIN IS GONE, Thank you Jesus!!! Am so relieved to be able to move more freely. We now pray that my body knows what to do with the lymphatic fluid that was going into the drain. 
     Pink Day at Rayne Catholic was awesome. The kids all paid fifty cents and could dress in pink and all the proceeds went to the Miles Perret Center in Lafayette.  Our little school is the best and they always step up to serve our surrounding community. Thank you to Mr. Menard, our principal and to Kristina Lavergne who did a fine job of putting it all together. Kristina did a great job of explaining to the kids what the Miles Perret Center is all about and how the center serves those in our area who have are fighting and surviving cancer, with care and compassion. During the morning assembly the students gathered to pray for any loved one who has been affected by cancer. Then later in the day  each class was treated to a variety of Pink snacks. It was all beautifully inspiring! Our children are very spiritually grounded, because of the giving heart of our school!