April 27, 2017
Elissa Bantug, Care+Wear Advisor, is a two-time breast cancer survivor with an extensive history of breast cancer advocacy and outreach work with multiple cancer organizations. As the Project Manager of the Breast Cancer Survivorship Program and as the co-director for the Young Women with Breast Cancer Program at the Johns...
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April 17, 2017
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Sarah Rusnell was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis when she was an infant. We met Sarah through Rock CF, a Care+Wear partner, when she was running one of their many road races to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis. Sarah regularly receives treatment through a PICC line to maintain her lung health. Below...
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April 13, 2017
We are ecstatic to announce our partnership with Major League Baseball! Since starting Care+Wear three years ago, we’ve been inspired by MLB’s community outreach and have seen how both the teams and the players care about their communities. We have been so impressed by everything they do, so it was a...
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April 05, 2017
On National Doctor Day, Doug Balder, architect and community activist, shared his story of why he loves his doctor. In 2015 Doug was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma Stage 3. Multiple Myeloma is a blood cancer that can affect your bones. Doug has 7 compressed fractures in his back. ...
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March 29, 2017
Hi, Care+Wear community! My name is Aurora, and I’m a board-certified critical care nurse practitioner at Boston’s top trauma center. You’re reading the first edition of NURTURE, a series of blog posts in which nurses give their firsthand advice. My first nurture post is "7 Reasons to Love Your Port". 1....
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March 13, 2017
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Dr. Susan Massad is a retired Doctor of Internal Medicine of 51 years. Dr. Massad's focus was Doctor - Patient communication and the relationship in general. She continues to lead workshops and conversations through the East Side Institute on creative aging, health and wellness and issues of dementia, death and...
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February 22, 2017
Cathy Rosa is an art therapist and yoga instructor from Hunterdon County, NJ, living with Chronic Late Stage Lyme and multiple Co- infections. (Erlichia, Babesia, Bartonella). She's the Mom of a beautiful 3 year old daughter who she says keeps her going every day. When asked about her experience with Lyme disease,...
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February 02, 2017
Haley is a 23 year old Georgetown University graduate living in San Fransisco. She is currently being treated for Late-Stage Lyme disease, which she likely acquired at the Age of 11. Learn more about Hayley's complicated PICC Line journey below: I had two PICC lines over a period of 4 months,...
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January 10, 2017
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Allie William's Lyme disease journey is nothing short of inspirational. She went from experiencing inexplicable symptoms and repeatedly being told that there was nothing wrong with her, to finally receiving a correct diagnosis: Lyme disease. Allie is now undergoing treatment using a PICC Line, and loves her Care + Wear violet...
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January 01, 2017
Happy holidays and happy new year! We hope you have had a great 2016 and have a wonderful 2017! We wanted to quickly thank you for an incredible year. In 2016, we saw our antimicrobial PICC line covers grow into a number of leading hospitals, pharmacies, gift shops, e-commerce sites and more....
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December 21, 2016
We were recently contacted by Jennifer who asked to write a guest post for us on the prevention stages of breast cancer. Please find her article below! Thank you Jennifer for adding your insights for our community. Everyone knows the importance of prevention of any of the diseases and especially...
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December 08, 2016
Recently, we had the chance to sit down and chat with one of our amazing customers. She's been fighting lymphedema and we were so inspired by her story. Please see below for some tidbits from our catch up with her! How has living with a PICC line been? It has...
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