{"id":4421,"date":"2022-09-13T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/the-more-we-know-the-more-we-can-take-charge-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T09:18:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T14:18:05","slug":"heidis-hope-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/es\/heidis-hope-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Heidi’s Hope Box"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Just weeks before her fiftieth birthday, Heidi Punke Brown thought she was in great shape. \u201cI\u2019d just lost a ton of weight and really was at my most fit in a couple decades,\u201d she said. She was even training for a 10k. But she found a lump in her breast, and soon learned she had stage IV metastatic breast cancer.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

How could that be when she\u2019d had a mammogram just nine months earlier?<\/p>\n

It turned out Heidi is one of millions of women with dense breast tissue. In her case, it hid the cancer cells that more high-powered testing could have detected. \u201cI should have been getting additional tests,\u201d she said, but she didn\u2019t know.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After Heidi discovered that lump back in 2019, a routine mammogram showed nothing of concern. However, a subsequent diagnostic mammogram led to an ultrasound and the devastating news that she not only had breast cancer, but it had spread to her liver, spine, and adrenal gland. Three years later, she has also dealt with 13 brain tumors as well.<\/p>\n

Now, Heidi\u2019s on a mission to ensure no one else ends up in the same situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can’t change my story, but maybe I can change someone else’s,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

From her home in Elliott,<\/a> a small farming community in central Illinois, Heidi began researching online and discovered Mi densidad importa<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> Motivated by her own experience and the work of Mi densidad importa<\/em>, Heidi began reaching out to family and friends, even approaching strangers, and including notes about dense breasts when she pays her bills by mail. Her message is simple and straightforward: Everyone should know their breast density and talk to their doctor about the appropriate testing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Heidi didn\u2019t reserve her story for women. She told men too, including Greg Niewold.\u00a0 The two talked regularly as part of their work; she served as comptroller for a grain elevator company, he sat on the Board of Directors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Touched by Heidi\u2019s experience, Greg offered to help spread the word. A former high school agriculture and industrial tech teacher, he wanted to educate. \u201cBreast cancer affects men too, obviously at a much lesser rate, but we have wives, daughters, and mothers. And when someone gets cancer, it affects the whole family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Greg is also a farmer and runs a family business that manufactures augers, a tool that bores holes in the ground for planting. Bringing his skills and passions together in collaboration with Heidi and My Density Matters, Greg is selling the Heidi\u2019s Hope box to help empower more women to find out their breast density and take action accordingly. The box contains a pink auger, 10 tulip bulbs, literature about breast density, and a letter from Heidi:<\/p>\n

Shortly after my diagnosis I was given a Power Planter by my friend, Greg Niewold, owner of <\/em>Power Planter<\/em><\/a>. My husband and I planted a hundred bulbs that fall as our way of showing HOPE. I could look at the snowy frozen ground during the winter and think of the gorgeous flowers that would magically appear in spring. The same way, I can keep living with the HOPE that I have more time with my husband and our three children.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to think it’s pretty impactful when you’ve got just a random guy in central Illinois who runs a manufacturing business, and all of a sudden he’s bringing awareness to breast cancer,\u201d Greg said, \u201cMy hope is simple. I just want to raise awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I want is for no one else to find out they have stage IV cancer when they’ve been dutifully getting their mammograms over the years,\u201d said Heidi, who calls herself a metastatic breast cancer thriver. \u201cI don’t want that to happen to anybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Get your Heidi\u2019s Hope Box today. These boxes make a great gift for family, friends, breast cancer survivors, and corporate employees. Click Here to Order Yours Now<\/a><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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She was even training for a 10k. But she found a lump in her breast, and soon learned she had stage IV metastatic breast cancer.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p> <p>How could that be when she\u2019d had a mammogram just nine months earlier?<\/p> <p>It turned out Heidi is one of millions of women with dense breast tissue. In her case, it hid the cancer cells that more high-powered testing could have detected. \u201cI should have been getting additional tests,\u201d she said, but she didn\u2019t know.\u00a0<\/p> <p>After Heidi discovered that lump back in 2019, a routine mammogram showed nothing of concern. However, a subsequent diagnostic mammogram led to an ultrasound and the devastating news that she not only had breast cancer, but it had spread to her liver, spine, and adrenal gland. Three years later, she has also dealt with 13 brain tumors as well.<\/p> <p>Now, Heidi\u2019s on a mission to ensure no one else ends up in the same situation.<\/p> <p>\u201cI can't change my story, but maybe I can change someone else's,\u201d she said.<\/p> <p>From her home in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elliott,_Illinois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elliott,<\/a> a small farming community in central Illinois, Heidi began researching online and discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/mydensitymatters.org\/\"><em>My Density Matters<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> Motivated by her own experience and the work of <em>My Density Matters<\/em>, Heidi began reaching out to family and friends, even approaching strangers, and including notes about dense breasts when she pays her bills by mail. Her message is simple and straightforward:<em> Everyone should know their breast density and talk to their doctor about the appropriate testing.<\/em><\/p> <p>Heidi didn\u2019t reserve her story for women. She told men too, including Greg Niewold.\u00a0 The two talked regularly as part of their work; she served as comptroller for a grain elevator company, he sat on the Board of Directors.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Touched by Heidi\u2019s experience, Greg offered to help spread the word. A former high school agriculture and industrial tech teacher, he wanted to educate. \u201cBreast cancer affects men too, obviously at a much lesser rate, but we have wives, daughters, and mothers. And when someone gets cancer, it affects the whole family,\u201d he said.<\/p> <p>Greg is also a farmer and runs a family business that manufactures augers, a tool that bores holes in the ground for planting. Bringing his skills and passions together in collaboration with Heidi and My Density Matters, Greg is selling the Heidi\u2019s Hope box to help empower more women to find out their breast density and take action accordingly. The box contains a pink auger, 10 tulip bulbs, literature about breast density, and a letter from Heidi:<\/p> <p><em>Shortly after my diagnosis I was given a Power Planter by my friend, Greg Niewold, owner of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/powerplanter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Power Planter<\/em><\/a><em>. My husband and I planted a hundred bulbs that fall as our way of showing HOPE. I could look at the snowy frozen ground during the winter and think of the gorgeous flowers that would magically appear in spring. The same way, I can keep living with the HOPE that I have more time with my husband and our three children.<\/em><\/p> <p>\u201cI would like to think it's pretty impactful when you've got just a random guy in central Illinois who runs a manufacturing business, and all of a sudden he's bringing awareness to breast cancer,\u201d Greg said, \u201cMy hope is simple. I just want to raise awareness.\u201d<\/p> <p>\u201cAll I want is for no one else to find out they have stage IV cancer when they've been dutifully getting their mammograms over the years,\u201d said Heidi, who calls herself a metastatic breast cancer thriver. \u201cI don't want that to happen to anybody else.\u201d<\/p> <p>Get your Heidi\u2019s Hope Box today. 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