“As a breast cancer patient, coping and managing lymphedema is extremely difficult, painful, tiring and frustrating. Being a recipient of your cleaning services has been a tremendous, tremendous blessing. My home being kept clean helps me from being depressed. I look at the world differently. It is brighter and clearer. This gives me a good outlook on life!”
“I thank God for you and for others like you who reach out to help others. It is a blessing to know that others care and help folks who need help and let them know that they are not alone.”
A collection of kind words from our esteemed patients: Pay it forward “The Merry Maids housecleaning was fantastic. Support of this kind is invaluable. I will always remember what it feels like to receive help from a group that has never met me and it will drive me to pay it forward.” It was hard to keep going! “I had to go back and forth to the doctors office daily for a week and it was hard to keep going until I received the gas cards you sent me. I was so stressed over trying to beg, borrow and steal (not literally) money for gas to get to treatment. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the help you gave me. It was truly needed and appreciated.” Gas cards “Thank you so much for the Sheetz gift cards for gas to my treatments for my breast and brain cancer. It’s amazing how quickly the gas tank empties when you have to make 2-3 trips to the...Read More >
For many women who are told they have breast cancer and will need chemotherapy, one of their first thoughts is, “I’m going to lose my hair.” Vanessa and Shelly were no different. They, however, were spared what most assume is the inevitable outcome of chemotherapy. Under the innovative care of Dr. Young Lee, Chief of Oncology at Harbor Hospital, those pioneering women used Cold Cap therapy to preserve their hair, their dignity, and self esteem. Cold Cap therapy uses special caps frozen to -40 degrees and worn for a period before, during, and after chemotherapy treatments. Cooling of the hair follicles prevents the chemotherapy toxins from reaching the follicles, and therefore preserving the patient’s hair. Dr. Lee has treated several patients with Cold Caps, all with great success. Vanessa told us, “I didn’t want to look sick and to have people look at me and feel sorry.” When she began to lose hair from other parts of her body, she was...Read More >
Pamela Robbins is proud of the fact she plays a role in the making of the crumbs the general public knows and loves as “Stove Top Stuffing.” The Eastern Shore resident works for Kraft General Foods in a plant near her home. Even when she discovered she had breast cancer, she still gamely moved lids weighing 30 pounds each and maneuvered a forklift to position 100-pound totes which balloon to 500 pounds once they contain product. “We bake the crumbs, dry them out, and get them into totes. I am moving constantly,” Pamela says. When the crumbs come out of the dryers they go into a tank “which only holds so much. I have to get that one tote off and put another one on before the crumbs spill over the tank and start a back-up. That tote comes up to my chin, so I have to throw the lid up into the air to get it on....Read More >
A collection of kind words from our esteemed patients: The gas card lightened the burden “Thank you so much for the gas card. I can’t tell you how grateful I am. I live quite a distance from the doctors, hospital and radiation treatment site. These fill ups will certainly lighten the burden breast cancer has placed on my family’s resources. Bless you and your good works.” My wife/our mother “We would like to thank you for the gift cards and everything that you did to help my wife and our mother. We very much appreciate your support, generosity and kindness.” With deepest appreciation “Thank you so much for helping to pay for my Neulasta shot that I needed after my chemotherapy. Your kindness and generosity has helped me deal with my battle against breast cancer.” Many Blessings “My heartfelt thanks for gas cards so that I could get to my radiation treatments. It was only through your service...Read More >
