Your support means a lot...to me and to thousands of others.
Thanks for visiting my Light The Night homepage. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night Walk is the nation's night to pay tribute and bring hope to thousands of patients battling blood cancers and to commemorate loved ones lost.
I am walking as a member of Team "I Do!" in honor of my sister Dianne, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in July, 2007. Her doctors were able to help her achieve remission using the most cutting edge therapies, which were derived from research - research which was largely paid for by the generosity of donors just like you. Sadly however, not everyone gets a second chance. That's why I am also walking in memory of Michael Carlo, who succumed to Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Aoril 2008, just months after his diagnosis and my aunt Helen Hamre, who was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2007 and died in May 2008.
Please help me make a difference.
The Society funds lifesaving cancer research that has contributed to major advances in the treatment of blood cancers and many other types of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and stem cell transplants that have prolonged and enhanced the lives of patients. New targeted therapies that kill cancer cells without harming normal tissue have already begun to provide drugs and procedures that are improving quality of life.
But more research is critically needed:
- Every five minutes someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every ten minutes, someone dies.
- Leukemia causes more deaths among children than any other cancer
- More than 20,000 Americans died from lymphoma in 2006
- The survival rate for myeloma is just 33 per cent
Please make a donation to support my Light The Night Walk and help save lives. Be sure to check my Web site frequently to see my progress, and again, thanks for your support!
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