Remebering Teal Sisters Gone in 2022

 This is the post I make every year to celebrate and remember the lives of all of my Teal Sisters. Some I know personally, or have become close to via FB. Others I don't know but we are connected by a Teal Cord.

All of these girls and women are important and need to be remembered. As I type their names, they are so much MORE than names!! They are mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, friends, aunts, nieces, granddaughters --- they are LOVED and MISSED. They are students, teachers, executives, nurses, doctors, military, children and so much more.

My heart hurts with each name I type. My heart breaks for each family that is affected by the loss of the woman or child this name represents. The hole that is now in the family and lives of those left behind after Ovarian Cancer took their loved one.

Notice I didn't say they lost -- because cancer NEVER wins. LOVE, FAMILY and LIFE always wins.

What can you do to help carry on the legacy of these and all the other women and girls who have gone before them? Join me and many other Ovarian Cancer Thrivers and Supporters -- help us Educate, Advocate and Spread Awareness of this horrible cancer that has NO EARLY DETECTION TEST.

Learn the signs and symptoms - educate the women (no matter how young or if they no longer have their ovaries of these signs) :

Abdominal bloating or swelling.

Quickly feeling full when eating.

Weight loss.

Discomfort in the pelvic area.

Fatigue.

Back pain.

Changes in bowel habits, such as constipation.

A frequent need to urinate

And now to honor the beautiful women, young and old:

Barb - 1/7

Tracy Bradbury - 1/22

Karen VanVoohis- 1/23

Lucy Lynne - 2/9

Tanya Temkin - 71 - 2/10

Kim Hardy - 57 - 2/15

Ni Guttenfelder - 2/18

Marianne Ortega - 65 - 2/21

Janie Swihart - 72 - 2/24

Janice Phillips - 72 - 2/24

Teresa Hadlock Dunn - 3/1

Ellen Green - 4/3

Kristin Thomas - 31 - 3/13

Heather Jones-Pinzon - 3/14

Rae Ann Reyna - 3/14

Linda Kay Batson - 67 - 3/16

Shelley Colgan Halifax - 3/28

Janet Pelton - 3/29

Susan Pittenger - 4/2022

Mary Anne Sheffield - 4/7

Mickie Talton Dickenson - 4/9

Debra Schwartz Sapcariu - 4/16

Sue Trapper - 4/18

Rose - 4/20

Capt Kimberly Schoppa - 4/26

Debra - 4/27

Angela Ruggles - 4/27

Edie Pursifull - 57 - 4/29

Gyongyike Narad - 77 - 5/3

Lisa Oliver - 5/11

Donna Johnson Carini - 5/18

Janeen - 5/23

Julie Perry - 6/3

Anne Moston - 6/3

Laura Kohl - 64 - 6/9

Janine Kidder Clemens - 6/12

Emily Eckman - 6/14

Shelley Sharp - 6/2022

Judi Feldman - 6/20

Bette Atkins - 6/28

Dacky Pineda - 6/30

Gretchen Corcoran - 7/9

Kathry Quenneville - 63 - 7/11

Jenna Peck - 37 - 7/27

Mary "Dicey" Jackson - 72 - 8/1

Lori Baar - 8/18

Amberr Cooper Blackwood - 8/18

Lisa Leslie - 9/15

Erica Roberts - 9/24

Haley Wilson - 25 - 9/26

Barbara Farrow - 10/2

Judy Tenuta - 72 - 10/6

Allison Prenner - 42 - 10/7

Korri Saylor - 10/7

Betty Reiser - 10/8

Tiffany LaCroix - 53 - 10/18

Christena Panzone - 40 - 10/30

Janese Smith Pugh - 64 - 11/1

Mimi Parker - 11/5

Madeline Vega - 51 - 11/12

Lisa Rumberger - 11/19

Mamie Johnson - 11/22

Marianna Triolo - 29 - 11/28

Carol Lloyd - 12/2

Queenie Lu Sharpe - 54 - 12/3

Terri Price - 12/15

Brit Marie Palmatier - 12/25

Please keep the families of these women in your prayers through out the comming year.

Remembering Teal Sisters Gone in 2021

I'm a little behind this year on writing this post (took a trip to Kansas at the end of the year). It doesn't mean this post is any less important than it has been in years past.

Ovarian Cancer sucks! Cancer in general sucks. Each year I have more and more names of beautiful, wonderful Teal Sisters to add to my notebook. I've been asked why I keep this notebook - simple answer: Someone needs to remember these women and girls! They are not just names on a piece of paper or a post on FB. They are moms, wives, daughters, granddaughters, sisters, nieces, friends, teachers, doctors, politicians, advocates and so much more - and they are no longer here with us.

I may not know everyone of these women personally, but we are tethered together forever by a TEAL cord. They are ALL my Teal Sisters. I will keep on educating, advocating and raising awarenes until my last breath.

Know Your Body - Know the Symptoms:

Common:

- Bloating

- Pelvic or abdominal pain

- Difficulty eating or feeling full quickly

- Urinary symptoms (urgency or frequency)

Less Common:

- Fatigue

- Indigestion

- Back pain

- Pain with intercourse

- Constipation

- Menstrual irregularities

Remembering my Teal Sisters who have left us in 2021:

Cheyann Shaw - 28 - 1/4

Lisa Craig Schab - 1/9

Teri Woodhull (MOCA) - 1/10

Sherry Leamon - 1/21

Pauline Crowley Mulpeter - 1/24

Bethleen Bradford - 1/27

Michelle Nixon - 1/29

MJ - 1/2021

Jessica Fesler - 2/1

Nancye Long - 57 - 2/2

Leanne Temple - 2/9

Phyllis Maslia - 65 - 2/9

Kathy Cook - 63 - 2/13

Bronwyn Rich - 2/16

Janine - 2/19

Jill Mclevaine Tanner - 2/23

Julie Shinton Fried - 2/25

Michelle - 2/2021

Ginger Wilhelmi (MOCA) - 3/2

Jeannette Sherwood - 67- 3/3

Kathy Nortrup Pilla - 3/3

Sue Charon - 3/10

Brittany Anthony - 3/13

Juanita Kay Stout - 59 - 3/16

Jennie Slack Pate - 3/20

Carmela Guerra Juarez - 3/26

Athina Burns - 3/27

Diana Shook May - 3/29

Bella Flowers - 44 - 3/29

Kat Schrack - 4/4

Anna Elizabeth Dean - 41 - 4/7

Shoneece (Anewme) Leonard - 46 - 4/8

Kim Pardue Swearengin - 56 - 4/8

Robyn Smith - 4/15

Sharon Drucker - 4/24

Toni Niblic - 4/26

Kathleen Zamorski - 4/27

Rashida - 4/29

Sue Redman - 4/2021

Debbie Stansbury Jones - 5/3

Maddie McClendon - 18 - 5/8

Joyce - 5/9

Marianne Cesare Lipesei - 5/15

Melissa Rhodes - 42 - 5/16

Kate Payne - 5/19

Sonna Singleton Gregory - 5/27 (Clayton Co Commissioner, GA)

Jacqueline Sapp - 5/28

Cheryl Sumner - 5/29

Paula Kirby Champion - 5/30

Pam Morrison - 5/2021

Christine Coffinger - 5/2021

Barb Ernst - 68 - 6/4

Debbie Hensley Dryden - 6/5

Lindsey Kozecke - 41 - 6/5

Tippi Whitehead - 6/16

Melissa George - 6/17

Jennifer Koolman - 26 - 6/22

Carol Ann Frey - 6/25

Traycie Billa Mitchell - 6/25

Diane Hunter - 6/26

Rhonda Hines - 6/2021

Carol Portas Semler - 67 - 7/2

Cathi Nuttall Kennedy - 7/3

Sherry Kjellsen Gullickson - 7/4

Stephanie Herfel - 54 - 7/8

Cathie Volz - 7/16

Susan Glynn - 55 - 7/20

Eva Tibbo Leisure - 7/21

Kathie Hannas - 7/27

Sheila Stiles - 66 - 8/5

Deb Thomas - 8/7

Cally O'Donnell - 63 - 8/25

Cianney Faco (Lexa Rave) - 30 - 8/29

Tammy Seiler - 9/3

Tara Deeker - 48 - 9/3

Debbie Strine Edwards - 9/5

Amy Buck - 9/13

Carolyn Bryant Schaub - 50 - 9/22

Camille Brh - 9/25

Regan Shale Lefferts - 10/2

Nadia Chauduri - 43 - 10/5

Marie Kocher - 67 - 10/7

Gina Zarletti - 45 - 10/10

Jan Jones - 10/16

Rhonda Gold - 66 - 10/16

Nancy Lynne Nelson - 55 - 10/23

Joan Ellison - 64 - 11/3

Terri Polson - 11/5

Rebecca Smith Merrill - 11/11

Emily Ball (Emily's Entourage) - 21 - 11/21 (diagnosed originally at age 8

Renee Cohen - 11/21

Marge Ottaway Metz - 11/28

Shaylee - 27 - 11/29

Kym Boone Young - 12/11

Barbara Thompson Gant - 12/12

Jenn Kold McDermott - 12/31

(these are only the women & girls I learned about through out the year. There are many, many more all over the US and world who DIE from this disease daily.)

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Remebering My Teal Sisters Gone in 2020

 At the end of every year the media always makes lists of the celebrities that have died throughout the year. All these "important" people we are not supposed to forget. Well, last year I decided that there are many every day people that are more important than celebrities who we shouldn't forget. 

These are special women: Teal Warriors. Women, girls who heard the same words I did - words that changed their lives forever - "You have Ovarian Cancer." 

These words changed every aspect of their life and the lives of their loved ones. They not only were dosed with poison that was supposed to kill the cancer, even though most treatments are over 30+ years old, most of them were told they were a Stage 3 or 4 because this cancer is so difficult to diagnose!! 

Ovarian Cancer has symptoms, symptoms that speak loudly. Symptoms that may be pushed off as other things - women's regular issues. If you or someone you love has these symptoms for more than 2 weeks consistently, push your doctor for a pelvic exam, pelvic ultrasound and a CA125 blood test!! 

The women and girls, young and old, had lives. They had families, jobs, children. They were mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, best friends, wives. They ARE loved! 

They were nurses, teachers, students, business women, chefs, bankers, athletes. Advocates, Educators!

Each of these women still had much to do in their lives, some were just starting their first chapters; some were starting the later chapters. NO MATTER WHAT - they are real women, real people, real lives no longer on this earth!! 

We remember the following Teal Sisters: 

Desiree Baker - 1/2/20

Susan - 1/3/20

Leila - 1/6/20

Jean Maday - 48 - 1/11/20

Julia - 1/17/20

Terri Gerace - 64 - 1/20/20

Vicky Michelis - 1/27/20

Bernadette Zielinlinski - 50 - 1/29/20

Elena Lowry - 1/30/20

Sue Knabel - 2/1/20

Michele Entenman - 48- 2/5/20

Sam Ainuddin - 2/3/20

Andrea Smith Turley - 2/7/20

Shelia Mullins - 2/17/20

Helen Powell - 2/20

Sarah Ludinich - 24 - 2/20/20

Jeanne Evert - 62 - 2/20/20

Elizabeth Meier - 2/20

Elizabeth McConnell - 3/1/20

Marilyn Calingasan - 3/10/20

Lynne Sherren - 3/11/20

Aleida - 3/20

Kathleen "Kitty Ann" Baierl - 65 - 3/19/20

Janet Fogg - 57 - 3/22/20

Stacy Lewis Cardwell - 3/26/20

Michelle - 3/27/20

Brittany Jayne - 24 - 4/1/20

Anne Hendricks Bass - 78 - 4/1/20

LoriAnn Scoville - 46 - 4/6/20

Kathy Cusworth - 4/8/20

Heather Haefliger - 25 - 4/8/20

Petra Karr - 4/20

Constance Valentino - 4/16/20

Tammy Nicastro Savage - 5/4/20

Carolyn - 71 - 5/5/20

Jenny Freisen Pomerleau - 48 - 5/9/20

Jutta Fans - 5/13/20

Jenna Marie - 5/17/20

Jeanette Weber - 53 - 5/24/20

Sherril Hougui - 5/30/20

Jill Anne Lyman - 51 - 6/4/20

Noel Johnson - 47 - 6/9/20

Terry - 6/13/20

Wencke Helliesen Haug - 6/15/20

Tawsha Dawn Sparks - 6/23/20

Lisa Sanders - 7/10/20

Carol McClintock - 7/26/20

Jodi Sandoval - 8/1/20

Edna - 66 - 8/5/20

Col. Kim Ward - 8/6/20

Seana Roubinek - 52 - 8/26/20

Kimberly Brett - 55 - 8/28/20

Jenny White - 9/3/20

Gabriella - 26 - 9/5/20

Ilse VanMele-Verrassel - 9/10/20

Amy Rose VanWagner - 49 - 9/10/20

Katie Maxwell - 9/12/20

Delicia - 54 - 9/24/20

Julie Kershaw-Dellar - 9/29/20

Gloria "Glo" Roberts - 66 - 10/4/20

Amanda Lackie-O'Brien - 39 - 10/10/20

Natalie Jean Jugan - 10/11/20

Anne Marie O'Donnell - 10/11/20

Pat - 10/20

Kayleigh - 12 - 10/15/20

Widget Bennett Richards - 10/19/20

Terri Lynne Baeder - 58 - 10/26/20

Kathy Bounds - 10/30/20

Brenda Steelsmith - 11/1/20

Karen - 11/6/20

Jeni Barclay - 11/11/20

Susan Schaefer - 11/13/20

Liz Johnson - 34 - 11/13/20

Leighton Accardo - 9 - 11/24/20

Kathy Heck - 11/25/20

Terri Kassmer Giengreco - 12/11/20

Sharon Dantzler Kinsaul - 12/14/20

Faith Ann Tice - 12/14/20

Linda - 12/16/20

Cecilie Elizabeth Lovaas - 12/17/20

My Dearest Teal Sisters Rest In Heaven - We'll Take it from here . . .