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Mar 8, 2021

Winner #7 of SSPW's March Madness

I remember when I was in my bathroom checking my breasts after having our first child and feeling two lumps. It wasn’t like soft mounds mine felt like gum balls that weren’t moving. I felt them feverishly and remember feeling the wave of panic come over me. I urged my husband to come and feel and I just remember saying to myself damn I have #cancer. I began to weep. When the doctor calls you back your first thought is oh shit. There’s so many emotions that run through you wh

Mar 2, 2021

SSPW March Madness Winner #2

My name is Deltra and I am a 35 year old history loving New England lifer, newly separated home educating mama of 5 just trying to survive and thrive after being swept into the world of all things #breastcancer in the Summer of 2019. When I felt the lump (I refuse to call it mine) back in July 2019, it seemed as though it had appeared out of nowhere. I wasn't too concerned about it, but I did make an appointment to see my doctor. When she sent me for an ultrasound and the tec

Jun 6, 2019

I aint dead yet M*otherfucker! ~one of Lindsay’s favorite quotes.

We have sent her all of your love, messages and well wishes. Madame President has been at her side everyday keeping her company, giving forehead kisses, supporting the family and keeping the faith. Please do me a favor and say a little prayer for #TeamWGL and her family, especially her daughter Alice. Thanks. Best Wishes! 💖 *Lindsay pictured with her dad and daughter. #wgl #ShaySharpesPinkWishes #metastaticbreastcancer #mbc #SSPW #teamwgl #cancer #breastcancer

May 1, 2019

Have you ordered your Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes Maryland license plates yet?

Hey Maryland Survivors, Thrivers and Supporters! Have you ordered your Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes license plates? Rock your ribbon and show your support! Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes {SSPW} license plates are finally available! We are excited to provide you with the enclosed Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration application for your SSPW plates. The cost for the plates is $50, which includes the MVA fee of $25 and your tax deductible donation to Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes of $25.

Feb 1, 2019

Happy 14th Cancerversary, Madame President!

14 years!!! Thank God! :: On February 1, 2005, after months of #chemo, hospital stays, adverse side effects, home nurses and uncertainties, I walked into Johns Hopkins Hospital, to have both of my breasts and #cancer removed. {I had tissue expanders placed, followed by #radiation.} I was 26 years old. This is the day that I celebrate my #Cancerversary. I wasn’t on social media during my 2004 diagnosis nor did I take any pictures during that time. (I didn’t know that was “a

Apr 2, 2018

Hey Maryland! Do you have your Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes License Plates?

Jan 15, 2018

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Our Wish Recipient Leah, wants to speak to Betty White!

Hey Dolls! This is my Scar Sister, Leah. She was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 18. She is currently battling terminal breast cancer, at age 25 and only has 6-8 weeks to live. :::::::::: Leah wishes to speak to the actress, Betty White via phone or FaceTime. Yup, thee Betty White! Unfortunately, Leah seems to be fading fast, so I’m gonna need all of your help to pull this off ASAP! Please share, share, share! If anyone can assist, please contact me via email or phone.

Jan 12, 2018

Living with Cancer by Kelly DeLand

Kelly DeLand “Living” with Cancer What a laughable statement. Living with cancer is an oxymoron. You wake up everyday with your mortality staring you in the face. Hearing that time clock ticking away…tick tick tick. Never knowing how you are going to feel that day. Which personality are you going to start with. You take fist fulls of pills, poisons and potions just to partially function and get through your day. It’s supposed to kill the cancer but it’s a slow march to your d

Oct 30, 2017

Did you catch Madame President, Shay Sharpe on the Today Show, being interviewed by Joan Lunden.

Shay Sharpe, Rebecca Pine and Marianne Duquette Cuozzo sat down with Joan Lunden, on the Today Show, and discussed their reasons for staying “flat” after their breast cancer diagnoses. Check out their segment below! #BreastCancerSurvivor #ShaySharpesPinkWishes #SSPW #TodayShow #ShaySharpe #mastectomy #scars #cancer #breastcancer #JoanLunden

Oct 24, 2017

I Was Fighting Breast Cancer as an Underinsured Woman, and I Couldn’t Get the Care I Needed to

“I’ll do whatever I have to do to get out of here,” Nikki “Trip” Tripplett, 39, remembers thinking when she showed up at one clinic for breast cancer testing. But the self-employed, underinsured Texan wasn’t talking about fighting and surviving breast cancer. She was talking about getting out of that particular rundown facility. She was determined to receive her care in a cleaner, better-managed medical center than her bare bones government-issued insurance allowed. “I needed

Oct 17, 2017

Loving Yourself After Breast Cancer: Shay speaks on the controversy that often comes with sharing ma

I usually receive countless negative comments whenever I post topless mastectomy photos. People can be extremely mean! Women and men have called me a man, unattractive, undesirable & better off dead. Surprisingly, most of my negative comments come from WOMEN. The same women who could possibly have to face my same fate one day. Crazy huh? I’ve been told that no man will want me without breasts. I will NEVER get married now! How can I feel sexy without breasts? I’m soliciting s

Jul 18, 2017

It all started with a Beyonce concert… By guest blogger, Channte K.

It was one of the best nights of my life. After having front row seats to the Beyonce Formation concert, I was on an ultimate high. I crashed in the bed at 1:00 am, anxiously looking to recap the night. I scrolled through picture after picture on my phone, grinning at how remarkable the night had been. As I rested my phone near my chest to brace for a better view, I could see a raised lump. The site of the lump was not too frightening at the time, but I immediately knew that

May 24, 2017

Cancer treatment breaks you down … physically and emotionally. By Robin G.

Yet somehow the sniper got me! I was a sitting duck and I got hit. So then all your medical team can do is go on the defense. Sometimes they cut the cancer out. Sometimes they poison you and put drugs in your body that kill cancer and everything else. Some people don’t survive the treatment. They literally get killed by the treatments. And sometimes they burn you. They literally burn your body in an effort to kill cancer. Chemo, surgery, and #Radiation. The cancer treatment t

Mar 16, 2017

Here we go again! by Guest Blogger, Shanicka.

Well it was the second week in September 2016, almost 6 years after my initial Stage 1 breast cancer diagnosis. I was scheduled to see my plastic surgeon for my annual exam. I wasn’t going to go because my implant felt fine. I’d already had five surgeries and I didn’t want to endure another, so I had made my mind up and decided I wasn’t going. The day of something just told me to call the plastic surgeon’s office and that’s what I did. After briefly speaking with the receptio

Feb 28, 2017

Beyond The Shock and Beneath The Scars: Who Walked the NYFW Breast Cancer Show? *Borrowed from ihadc

By now you’ve probably seen the articles and photos of the sixteen models who bore everything at New York Fashion Week’s first-ever “Exposed” event, a show by AnaOno for #Cancerland. But what you probably didn’t realize was that they weren’t models at all – they were survivors, fighters and previvors who risked it all to raise awareness for metastatic breast cancer. So we wanted to know, who were these non-models, and why does the world need to start caring about their storie

Nov 21, 2016

Love Amazon? Shop and Make a Donation to Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes at the same time!

Did you know that you can have Amazon automatically make a donation to Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes every time you place a qualifying order with them? All you have to do is start your order at smile.amazon.com and select Shay Sharpe’s Pink Wishes as the charity you would like to support. It’s that easy! The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of your elgible purchases price to SSPW. This offer is valid all year, not just the holidays! Thank you! #support #ShaySharpesPinkWish

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