Some people still think breast cancer is not one of the "bad" cancers.  
While there have been many inroads made on treating breast cancer, there is still a long way to go. As a survivor myself and a member of a breast cancer survivor dragon boat team, I have seen first hand the many different paths this awful disease can take. I know people who have lost their battle with the disease the first time through, I know people who have reoccurrences of the disease, beginning treatments a second, third time or more. And then we have Metastatic Breast Cancer. A diagnosis of stage 4 cancer that is throughout your body and has to be treated with many different drug therapies, often times leading to chemotherapy and life expectancies of usually 2-5 years at best. This is the one I lost my beloved sister in law to. It was 24 years after her first diagnosis and she was gone within 2 years of being diagnosed with Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC). I still miss her every day.
I consider myself very lucky to be in my ninth year of survivorship.  I try to pay it forward and this campaign is one of the ways I do that.
By participating in this year’s Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure,  I’m joini members of my breast cancer survivor dragon boat team in trying to raise money for research in Metastatic Breast Cancer. 
 
Please contribute what you can to help me achieve my fundraising goal. Every dollar makes a difference. Your donation will fund ground-breaking research to help save the lives of more Canadians and provide support programs for people affected by breast cancer.  
 
 
With your help, I believe we can change the future of breast cancer. 
 
Thanks for your support! 
Regards, Ana