More Information
If you would like to get involved or would like more information about Ovarian Cancer Awareness, please email Kari Johnston
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Coming Events
Run/Walk to Break the Silence on Ovarian Cancer
Massachusetts Chapter
Sunday, September 11, 2011
4:00 - 9:30 PM
Marine Park, Day Boulevard
South Boston
For more information or to register, please visit here.
The 3rd Annual Volley for Molly
Friday, September 30, 2011
4:00 - 9:30 PM
Ralph Lord Gymnasium
Lexington High School
Past Events
Team Molly Games
September 24, 2010
Volley for Molly 7:00 PM
Lexington High School vs. Reading High School
Lexington High School
Dress for a Cause - An Evening Benefitting Ovarian Cancer Awareness
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
6:30 - 8:30 PM
41 Main Street
Concord, MA
Turn it Teal Massachusetts 2010
For the second year, organizations in Massachusetts turned their exterior lights teal in support of raising ovarian cancer awareness. If you are interested in turning your building teal for the month of September, please contact Kari Johnston at kjohnston@therendongroup.com.
Special thanks to the following organizations for their support of the Turn It Teal 2010 Campaign:
Adobe Systems, Incorporated
Bank of America Pavilion
Hyatt Regency Boston
Hyatt Regency Cambridge
IBEW Local 103
Legal Sea Foods Corporate Office
Leonard P. Zakim/Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Prudential Center
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Light Blades - Wharf District
TD Garden
Verizon IMAX 3D Theater at Jordan's Furniture
Westin Boston Waterfront
Team Molly Awareness Week
September 20-25, 2010
2009
Click here to view the broadcast from September 18, 2009
September 2009 Teal Ribbon Awards
Watch the latest public
service announcement
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Lenore (diagnosed at age 62, stage III)
Lenore Jackson fought her nine year battle with ovarian cancer with strength and grace. She shared her story with us in an effort to help others meet this disease with the same resolve. We thank Lenore and her family for allowing her story to be a source of strength for other women.
In the summer of 1996 I had been feeling bloated with stomach pains and cramps. My primary care doctor couldn’t find anything wrong. The pains continued to get worse and my daughter brought me to the emergency room at the Beth Israel. A CT Scan revealed Stage 3 ovarian cancer.
Within weeks I underwent surgery to remove my ovaries and the tumor. The surgery was a success but revealed that cancer had metastasized in the form of "sprinklings" in my abdomen. While the sprinklings could be shrunk by chemotherapy, they would grow back. My cancer would be chronic and my prognosis at that time was one year.
Seven years later, I am still here. I travel several times a week to Beth Israel for chemotherapy, bloodwork, and various other forms of treatment. Hair loss, waiting for hair growth, hair loss again have become a way of life. I have also discovered that my ovarian cancer is directly linked to my mother’s breast cancer and my aunt's breast/ovarian cancer. Genetic testing has shown that I have the BRAC2 gene for ovarian and breast cancer. This information will help my daughters and their granddaughters protect themselves against this disease.
Thanks to the constant support of my family, doctors, nurses and friends, I have been able to maintain a positive attitude and most importantly, a sense of humor and appreciation of life.
