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As a radio personality, this story hits home for me in so many ways. Brenda Schmidtz wrote a letter to Star 102.5 back in August of 2011. She loved their annual Christmas Wish, and one month before she lost her battle with ovarian cancer, at age 46, Brenda wrote a letter to the station - but never submitted it.

Saints player Pierre Thomas posted on Facebook that he was giving away an autographed special edition Pink Breast Cancer Awareness football and towel. Many 'Who Dat's' signed up, hoping to win the autographed footballs. One family's win followed a tragic loss, and an inspirational moment from Pierre.

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush shaved his head this week in support of a 2-year-old cancer patient, Patrick. Patrick is the son of a member of the former President's security detail team.

It is one of the most emotional videos you will see this week on the internet, a young lady invites her dad, who is dying with cancer, to dance with her as if its her wedding day.

It may sound crazy, but showing just how much they despise cancer got three sisters booted from a mall.

Zach Sobiech is singing with the angels now.

Angelina Jolie revealed via the New York Times early Tuesday that she quietly made a brave decision to have a preventive double mastectomy after discovering she carried the BRCA1 gene, which greatly increases a woman's chances of developing breast, and ovarian cancer.

While many are mocking "Livestrong" in the wake of huge backlash due to Lance Armstrong's recent admission to using PEDs, Stuart Scott is still praising it's core principles. Yesterday, the animated ESPN anchor announced via Twitter that his cancer has returned.

Its a story you just couldn't make up, a woman dying of breast cancer wants to grant her husband, who is dying from prostate cancer, his last wish. Watch as this beautiful couple shares one last smile which each other even with all of the hardships before them.

It's been quite a season for the Indianapolis Colts. Led by rookie quarterback Andrew Luck, they find themselves 5 and 3, a surprising improvement from last year when they were among the league's worst teams. The Colts have been quick to credit their first year head coach Chuck Pagano for setting the tone for their turnaround. But Pagano has actually been absent from the team since September, when

As we continue to recognize "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" at Hot 107-9, we will continue to bring you survival stories throughout the month of October. This morning Pamm Leblanc was in the Hot Studio during the morning show to tell her story with breast cancer.

Kellie Pickler’s hair is gone y’all! Rootin tootin! Lord have mercy! Ain’t that a stitch! Whatever else southern folk would say when something crazy happens. Good god and Honey Boo Boo! We know that’s a real saying.

ABC Good Morning America's Robin Roberts announced that she will undergo a procedure to receive bone marrow cells in a transplant operation. Her donor will be non-other than her sister Sally-Ann Roberts who is a news anchor for WWL-TV in New Orleans. Robin Roberts was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and has successfully battled the disease for the past five years.

A disturbing story from TMZ shows a cancer stricken patient is addicted to drinking and bathing in her own URINE!!! Yes, 53-year-old Carrie will be featured on TLC's "My Strange Addiction" this Sunday, and she claims to drink  about 80 ounces of the yellow stuff a day -- and despite a total absence of medical proof, she believes it's helped control her cancer.

Well, its that time of year AGAIN!! Not the time of year when you begin to re-do your flower beds or such, but the time of year where we turn our radio station, Hot 107-9, over to one single mission. That mission is pretty simple, to raise as much money as we can in two days for St Jude Children's Research Hospital. The campus is located in Memphis, TN and after visiting the campus just once, I ha

If anyone is going to get a lumps of coal in his or her stocking this year, it’s Martha Nicholas. The Virginian woman was arrested Wednesday for bilking kind-hearted people out of money by falsely claiming she had cancer. Nicholas, 42, duped even her husband and children along the way, claimed she was a four-time cancer patient and participated in multiple cancer fundraisers

A selfless mother has died to save her unborn baby. The woman was diagnosed with a life-threatening form of cancer and refused chemotherapy so that her child could be born, even though it meant she would die.

You often ask yourself, why do things happen the way they do? And too often, we want an immediate answer (s) for why things happen as they do. For me personally, I have always asked to be put into a position or place where I can help other people. I guess you would say, its in my nature.

The headline to this story is wacky and will make anyones nose cringe. Though there is no scientific study proving that this actually "works" but 25yr old Soni Ortiz-Allen-who has already lost her mother to cancer-is doing whatever it takes to help her father beat the illness. Suprisingly, this isn't the only instance of daughter to father breastfeeding. Sonia found the tip by searching