April 2012
- LRG mourns the loss of a great friend, Jeroen Pit
- GDOL Update: Speakers announced
- LRG Research Team meets in Leuven, Belgium: leaves with renewed energy & commitment to finding the cure for GIST
- Meet our new Montana local rep: Dirk Niebaum
- Cellular origin of GIST from the “good” cells’ perspective
- Alianza GIST meets in Miami
- And they’re off! 1st ‘Harness a Cure’ is a success
- NJ GIST gathering serves up support & smoothies
- NoCal GISTers meet!
- New report finds most hospital errors go unreported
- Happy Cancerversary to Brenda Bannon!
- Thomas G. Overley, 1952-2012: Toledo lawyer played guitar, sang in group
- Durham lived life with passion and pride
- Did You Hear? Did You Know?
- Arizona GISTers meet!
- Spunky Texan fought GIST bravely
- Calendar
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November 2008
Mayer’s art on ‘Oncology on Canvas’ tour
LRG member and GIST survivor, Ellen Mayer is showcasing her artwork once again, this time in the Lilly “Oncology on Canvas” World Tour. Not only did Ellen showcase her work at the October 22 US Grand Finale & Awards presentation hosted by Regis & Joy Philbin, she showcased GIST, spreading awareness to Regis, Joy, Anita Chernewski, the event coordinator and Richard Gaynor, the Chairman of Lilly Oncology.
The tour will now travel on to over 40 destinations in the US alone, such as Jefferson Hospital in Metarie, La., the Capital Region Cancer Center in Jefferson City, Mo. and the Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass (Click here to view the full 2008 calendar).
Here is an excerpt from Mayer’s description of “Always in My Head”.
“My Goal in life is to tell as many people as I can what GIST is, and raise awareness in the medical field because many doctors never heard of GIST.
“My painting, called ‘Always in My Head’, tells the story in the faces I paint. I have Cancer, emotions of BEWILDERMENT, FEAR, DEATH, HOPE, UPS, DOWNS, TESTS, SURGERY, RECOVERY, QUESTIONS OF WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BE, and the STRENGTH to fight. Learning to have patience and how to have inner peace, and to live life with having Cancer.
“I am an artist, I am not Cancer.
Fear, Laughter, Dread,
Happy, sad,
Going on with life
But, never leaving my head.”
To listen to an October 27 radio interview in which Mayer talks about GIST and her art, you can go to her website at www.mayergalleryart.com
Congratulations Ellen!
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