deanna favre

deanna favre has been in the news show nowadays so i thought you may want to read about it here.

It isn't every day that the wife of a famous athlete becomes famous in her own right. Deanna Favre, wife of Green Bay Packers Quarterback Brett Favre, probably would have never wished fame on herself, at least the way it was thrust upon her-her battle with breast cancer. After receiving that diagnosis, she has not only fought the disease herself but has also been an advocate for others. After watching her medical bills mount because of the cancer, even though she has a famous husband who makes a good amount of money as an NFL quarterback, she realized what single women with the same problem have to face. She founded the Deanna Favre HOPE Foundation to help those with a similar problem, and the foundation last year gave 12 $3,000 gifts to help women afflicted with breast cancer pay medical expenses or pay for groceries.

On the official website of the foundation, http://www.deannafavre4hope.com, Deanna Favre says that although she and Brett have been blessed financially, "I still have vivid memories of the days I spent struggling to make ends meet as a single mom. If I'd been diagnosed with cancer back then, I would never have been able to afford the kind of medical care I've received."

She pointed out that a single shot of a drug used to increase white blood cells during chemotherapy can cost close to $3,000. She wonders how someone without insurance would be able to afford that. Besides trying to help the uninsured, she hopes to raise awareness of the issue to the public. She personally learned she had cancer, at the age of 35, one week after the death of her brother.

While having breast cancer, fighting the disease, and helping others with the some condition may be new to Deanna Favre, the dedicated Christian is no stranger to helping others or raising money for charity. She has raised more than $3million for the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation. Her husband's charity raises funds for disadvantaged and disabled children in Mississippi and Wisconsin.

Deanna Favre has resolved the triumph personally over cancer through faith, hope, and love-three things mentioned in the Bible. While not many people may relate to her being the husband of a three time NFL MVP who won the Super Bowl once and played in it twice, she feels others will be able to relate to her for other reasons-and not only because of her cancer. She is also a mother of two girls, is a daughter, a sister, and a Christian. She feels many will be able to relate to her for some or all of those reasons. She says she joins millions in praying every day for a cure for cancer.

She recalls when her cancer was first announced to the public, because of her marriage to Brett Favre, in newspapers, magazines, and the Internet, "My private nightmare had become a matter of public record." That happened on top of her loss of her brother, and Brett's loss of his father, Irvin, to a heart attack only a year earlier.

Deanna Favre says she at first resented her personal tragedy being broadcast nationally, especially because she had to deal with the death of two loved ones. She said because of Brett's name, the family had to deal with everything with the public watching.

She said when she began to wonder why God had allowed her to have cancer, she began to get letters all over the country. Many offered encouragement and prayers. Many were breast cancer survivors, and she says they had been in a worse situation than her. She said she also received letters from medical professionals who said women were being tested for breast cancer, "because of Deanna Favre." She said she began to understand how God would use her cancer for good.

Deanna Favre, the breast cancer victim herself, says since that time she has received numerous letters from women who have survived cancer and said Deanna saved their lives. She said it is those letters who have encouraged her to tell her story. She says she deserves no personal credit, but that she is "just happy to be used" for God's glory.

Deanna says when her cancer was gone, she at first assumed she would return to a normal life. She says that instead her life has been forever changed. She now sees the world through different eyes. What once seemed to be a big issue is now trivial. She says she can now celebrate something as simple as getting out of bed and taking her daughter to school. She now celebrates things such as a quiet night, sitting next to Brett on the couch with his arms about her, friends who accept her at her worst, a full night's sleep-and other things people take for granted.

She has written a book, Don't Bet Against Me, and a portion of the proceeds from that and a special Bible, The Pray for a Cure Bible, go to the Deanna FavreHope Foundation.

Deanna Favre has been through a lot in her life-breast cancer, being a single mother before marrying Brett, her husband's addiction to Vicodin after an injury playing in the NFL (he voluntarily checked himself into the NFL's rehab program), and the death of her brother and Brett's dad. She says that through everything she has learned to trust in God.