Tanya Gibson says getting tested and choosing to have a double mastectomy is how she is fighting back.
- BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
- Tatum Ryan
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Having watched many of the female members of her family go through the battle of breast cancer, Tanya Gibson says she always knew that her time could come. With her grandmother, great-aunts, aunts and mother all being diagnosed with the disease, the Brighton Township woman said she was surrounded by generations of women who had fought for their lives, and she had watched what the disease could do to their bodies. So, when her doctor approached her three years ago, suggesting she test herself for the BRCA gene by having a blood test that uses DNA analysis to identify the mutations in either one of the two breast cancer susceptibility genes, Gibson agreed. And when the test came back positive, the then 36-year-old mother of two, said she …
The downtown Brighton jeweler will donate 5 percent of all pink purchases to St. Joseph Livingston's Mammography program during October.
- BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
In honor of breast cancer awareness month, Cooper & Binkley Jewelers will donate 5 percent of all pink jewelry and handbag purchases to St. Joseph Mercy Livingston’s Mammography for the Uninsured and Under-insured program. The store offers many jewelry pieces in pink, from watches to gemstones to jewelry made of pink colored gold, known as rose gold. Purchases made between Oct. 1-31 will qualify. Cooper & Binkley will also hold a Chamilia Trunk Show on October 25. Many additional Chamilia items will be brought in for this one day, including many pink charms. Chamilia itself donates 10 percent of the sales of their breast cancer awareness charm. The event will include a fourth charm free with the purchase of three, snacks and drinks …
