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Month: February 2014

TeamBretMichaels.com / LifeRocksFoundation.org Story: Laura Battles Breast Cancer Through Music & A Pink Mohawk!

TeamBretMichaels.com / LifeRocksFoundation.org Story: Laura Battles Breast Cancer Through Music & A Pink Mohawk!

September 25, 2010 I was diagnosed with aggressive stage 3 Breast Cancer. I started my chemo in December 2010 which was pretty much all of my summer back and forth to the hospital every week for my chemo treatment and shots. September 2011 I had bi-lateral mastectomy with reconstruction (8 hours in surgery). The pain I endured after surgery I can’t begin to describe, followed by 8 weeks of intense radiation, but I got through it. How I got through…

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TeamBretMichaels.com / LifeRocksFoundation.org Story: Brothers Put A Headlock On Diabetes

TeamBretMichaels.com / LifeRocksFoundation.org Story: Brothers Put A Headlock On Diabetes

Both my boys are juvenile diabetics. We have actively participated in the Tour de Cure and have raised more than $20,000 over 5 years as a team, The Brooklyn Boys. My boys are not limited by this disease as they are both very active in sports. Cooper is a wrestler and a football player and Mason is a Baseball player and also plays football. Nothing has slowed them down as they both continue to fight this disease. It makes me…

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TeamBretMichaels.com / LifeRocksFoundation.org Story: Michelle Fights Through Illness & Injury

TeamBretMichaels.com / LifeRocksFoundation.org Story: Michelle Fights Through Illness & Injury

My story started many years ago when I was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease and Degenerative Spinal Arthritis. After numerous surgeries and moving from the town I grew up in Missouri to sunny Arizona per doctors recommendation to ease the pain. I was good the first 5 years even working a full 40 hours a week, I even got to see you in concert in 2009 at the Pima county fair. Then I had an accident and the back just got worse. After another…

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TeamBretMichaels.com / LifeRocksFoundation.org Story: Chad Fights Against Cancer In Honor Of Family & Friends

TeamBretMichaels.com / LifeRocksFoundation.org Story: Chad Fights Against Cancer In Honor Of Family & Friends

So growing up with a disability, I learned about being behind the eight ball, but my mom was always there for me. She was there for me whenever I had to have any type of surgery….She was there when I lost two friends in high school in back to back years, including my BEST friend my junior year. I remember meeting Bret after a show in Charleston and talking about how much life sucks when you lose your best friend,…

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TeamBretMichaels.com / LifeRocksFoundation.org Story: Trina Finds Strength During Cancer Battle

TeamBretMichaels.com / LifeRocksFoundation.org Story: Trina Finds Strength During Cancer Battle

Good Morning, My name is Trina and I was blessed to have met Bret 3 times in 6 months. I first met him on June 22, 2013 at Nutty Jerry’s in Winnie, TX, then a few Months Later at the Concert Pub North in Houston on Oct. 5, 2013 and again on Dec. 26, 2013 at the Concert Pub. The First time I met Bret I had just finished up 4 hard rounds of chemo for lung cancer and had had my left…

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