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Monday, August 13, 2007

LOOK GOOD. . .FEEL BETTER

Is an amazing and transformational organization. They offer group sessions to women undergoing chemotherapy at hospitals around the country, and to individuals like me, preparing for a special event. In the group sessions, participating cosmetic companies provide patients with all the products they will need to look better, and there isn’t a woman I know who doesn’t want more, and better, cosmetic products (its like my kids with candy), especially during treatment.

Fortunately, I knew about Look Good...Feel Better and called. I was put in contact with Rick DiCecca, a premier makeup artist for the Estee Lauder Corporation who also donates his time to LGFB. Rick and I met after my third chemotherapy treatment and he did a trial run for my wedding at the Estee Lauder counter at Bergdorf Goodman. My skin was dry and discolored from chemotherapy, and I felt like I had aged 10 years in two months. However, I can not put into words how emotionally uplifting it was to be out and about and being made—up at the counter like everyone else in the land of the healthy. Rick transformed me into a "BC" (before cancer) Jayne, and I started to gain confidence that I could walk down the aisle confident and radiant. I did not know whether to kiss him or cry, so I did both.

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