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KDLT Morning Anchor
Danielle Dupuy
About Me
- Danielle's Fight
- I'm the morning anchor for KDLT, the NBC affiliate in Southeastern South Dakota. To watch some of my stories I've done on the Washington Pavilion, check out: http://www.washingtonpavilion.org/pavilioninformation/kdltspotlights/Index.cfm
Danielle, you are an amazing, beautiful, courageous woman. Thanks for sharing your journey. Gotta love the special effects on the Mac
ReplyDeleteDanielle I cry and smile at the bravery you and your family are going through.I pray for you every day.Thanks for the video, your beautiful we love you ,
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Dear Danielle, I am a friend of your Aunt Simone since Jr. High...I just wanted to tell you that you are in my prayers as you battle this ugly cancer. A quick note on ports, it will make things much easier for you in the long run. No more poking 3 or 4 times each chemo day and the nurses can also just take the blood they need for testing from your port! I believe you will be much happier with that!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, your blog is great and I will be following it. It was great to see a picture of your Mom, haven't seen her in probably 25 years! she is a great lady! My prayers will also be for your family to stay strong and supportive through this! My sister has been through breast cancer a few times and is currently fighting agin! Keep smiling and laughling, laughing keeps you sane!:) God Bless you Danielle and I will be keeping track of you through this great blog! Sincerely, Chris McLaughlin
Hi,I hope all is good,see you all soon! LOVE YOU ALL!
ReplyDeleteDanielle,you keep your smile up k! this well be over soon.
all my prayers.
Danielle - Keep being strong girl! You are so brave and articulate - all of us at KDLT are constantly thinking of you! Keep letting us know if there's ANYTHING we can do, and as always - keep smiling!
ReplyDeleteHey guys its Cassidy! I just watched the video and i love the part where you are doing the mirror image thu the computer. Ha so funny. Keep laughing. Love Cassidy, PS send us pics when you finally get that doggy!
ReplyDeleteHi Danielle, hope you had an opportunity to spend some time outside today and enjoy this beautiful weather. Will pray your side effects are minimal or at least manageable.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what to say, probably because the tears keep flowing. I was in the same position at one time, exactly the same type of cancer, same drugs and even more similarities that the pictures/video just make me cry. I admire your strength and this blog thing is going to be very therapuetic for me; hope it is for you as well but if it comes to a point when it's not, stop. This is the one time in your life when it is definitely okay to put yourself first. As a mother I struggled with that even though my children are young adults. You will never need your mother more and I am so glad you have her.
I don't want to sound negative as some people experience little side affects and breeze right through but some of us aren't quite so lucky. Fortunately my luck ran in other areas though as I am now cancer free and one day soon you can say the same thing!!!
As far as a port goes; I didn't want one but after several surgies, bone marrow biopisies, spinal taps, scans etc I learned to hate IV's. They were just too painful and uncomfortable. I was glad I had the port for chemo. Unfortunately the port can't be used for everything (PET scans, CT scans etc). A port is hard to get used to but eventually you forget it's even there and I think those nasty chemo drugs are hard on your veins so it has it's advantages.
Losing my hair was definitely a low point. You know it's going to happen, but keep thinking maybe I will be the exception, good old denial! No matter how prepared you think you are, for a woman it's really difficult to deal with. I had a wig and hats ahead of time but the one thing I wish I would have done differently was to get it cut short before it fell out; think it would have been less traumatic. Those handfuls of long hair were heartbreaking. BUT....it does come back and sometimes better than before especially for people your age. (I am probably closer to your mother's age) And of course we all know that cute young ladies like you look better without hair and make-up than us old broads so you will be good to go!!
Remember something good comes of everything bad, no matter how small, so don't forget to try to pinpoint some good for balance. A small thing for me was that the wig made me realize I looked much better in a different hair color!
You can definitely do this!! It is obvious that you are a strong woman. At this point, being only your first chemo, it probably seems like it will be a long process but actually the time passes more quickly than you expect. I will be thinking of you constantly and needless to say praying. Take Care
In March of 2006 KSTP Senior investigative reporter Kristin Stinar was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The documentation of her experiences is at: http://www.caringbridge.org/mn/kstinar/history.htm
ReplyDeleteKristin has since left the television industry, married and now has a family.
Dearest Danielle – I just found out about your illness. I am so sorry to hear that you are going through this. I feel that I have been running into your mom often lately, but I guess it was before all this started. I read your blog and watched your video and admire your courage and positive attitude. I want you to know that you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. Rob and I hope that your treatments are relatively easy and that you are back on your feet soon. You have always been a beautiful and sweet person. We have many fond memories from the “early days” in NP: Girls scouts, parties, Cypress, Sequioa, and NPHS. Good luck! With love, Harriet and Rob Sarto
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