Giveaways to Support Sandi's Fight for Life - Blog Makeover from The Shabby Vanity

#1) The very first of several giveaways on Belly Charms the blog to help support Sandi's Fight for Life.   Sandi is not only fighting for her life against stage IV brain cancer, she is fighting a mountain of medical bills.  Even with insurance....brain surgery and brain cancer can put a financial strain on anyone.  Sandi has not been able to work since the lemon sized brain tumor was discovered on May 3rd. 

Sandi's Fight Giveaway #1.  A full blog makeover from The Shabby Vanity ( Ends 8/15) Go to Belly Charms - the Blog  for details and enter to win!

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Sandi's Fight for Life Wristbands - From Sonya

NEW! Please support my younger sister Sandi in her fight for life against brain cancer by wearing a gray wristband.  All proceeds from the sale of these will go to Sandi in an effort to help pay medical bills.

Please copy the button below and place it on your blog or website!!! 

Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support!

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Sandi's fight for Life - New Bracelet - From Sonya

Many of you know that Sandi, my 33 year old younger sister, is in a fight for her life against brain cancer.   This is her blog, but being the big sister, I am helping her out on it anyway that I can. She was diagnosed with a Stage IV Glioblastoma last month. As she is undergoing this nightmare, I am working hard to raise money for her.

With that I have added a new bracelet to the "Affirmation and Inspiration - Sandi's Fight collection". I designed this collection when Sandi was diagnosed and the proceeds from the sale of these items is going to her. Even with insurance, brain surgery and brain cancer is not cheap. She has a $40 copay with every radiation treatment.

Here is the new bracelet. The Survivor bracelet - this is the one she is going to be wearing when this hell is over!  We know if anyone can beat brain cancer it is her. She asked me to design this one.  The great thing is that I will customize it with any color to symbolize any type of cancer. 

 To learn more about Sandi's Fight for Life and see how you can help please visit www.SandisFight.com

Monday's Little Miracles #3 - from Sonya

I am posting this for my sister.
Love you Sandi!!

Please give her your prayers and support!

This weeks Monday's Little Miracles is very close to my heart.  This week the miracle spot belongs to Sandi.  She is my 33 year old younger sister.  This  is a summary of her last 4 weeks:

• May 3rd - normal day, working as a christian counselor with trouble teens, called and made a Dr. appt (had been having severe headaches)

• May 4th - CT scan found a brain tumor the size of a lemon and she was put in ICU immediately

• May 6th - she had brain surgery where a large portion of the tumor was removed

• May 14th - she came home from the hospital

• May 19th - got the pathology reports back from Johns Hopkins: Brain Cancer - Glioblastoma

Sandi started chemo on Thursday and will be adding radiation treatments to the chemo starting Tuesday.  Not only does she need your prayers, but they need donations.   Even with insurance, each radiation treatment has a $40 copay.

I am trying to make up for all of the years I was a bad big sister.....I locked her out of my room, would not let her play with my barbie dolls.....normal big sister things of course.  Well now it is time for me to step in and take care of her.  You can read her full story on www.SandisFight.com. 

I have designed a bracelet collection in honor of Sandi - "Affirmation and Inspiration - Sandi's Fight."  All of the proceed from the sale of these will go towards her medical expenses.  Please link up to her blog - Sandi's Brain Tumor - My fight for life in spot #1 and give her comments of encouragement and prayers. ( She does not know I am doing this by the way)  This photo is Sandi (left) and me last weekend.  The surgeon only shaved a small strip down her part and down and over behind her right ear.  She can almost cover it with her hair.

Now for the follow.....Monday's Little Miracles is not about getting followers, but about love, support, prayers and donations to help those who need them the most.  The top spots on this Miracle Blog Hop will be for those who need us.  I encourage each and every one of you to join our linky every Monday.  If you know someone who needs help, please add them.

Now I don't know about you, but when I am looking for blogs to follow, I would sure like to follow blogs that share in our mission of helping others.  As I mentioned, Monday's Little Miracles is about making miracles happen, one blog at a time - getting a few new followers is just a bonus.

the cost of drugs....

Thank God for health insurance!!!! My MD wants to treat this w/ a relatively new drug called Temodar, it's used to treat brain tumors and it seems to be reasonably well tolerated by most people. It cost us $35.00 for a 1 month supply and the form says our insurance saved us $6,359.00 on the prescription, wouldn't take long for me to be dead if we had to pay full-cost in order to be able to take this :-) http://www.temodar.com/temodar/treatment_instr.html