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Fertile Hope: Cancer Patients and Fertility
Giving Cancer Patients a Resource for Reproduction Help
By Teri Brown
While waiting for her cancer treatments to begin, Dillon-Reinecke went to the Cornell Institute for Reproductive Medicine for in vitro fertilization treatments. Dillon-Reinecke and her husband had 17 embryos put away for future use. Once they had finished making the necessary cancer treatment decisions, they were ready to make decisions regarding starting their family.
Worried that reoccurrence would push their timeline out too far, Dillon-Reinecke and her husband chose to have their embryos carried by a surrogate mother. Now blessed with twin girls, Dillon-Reinecke, is the program director for Fertile Hope.
"Fertile Hope wasn't in existence when I was diagnosed," says Dillon-Reinecke. "Meeting Lindsay and seeing how she turned her experience with cancer and infertility into a positive life mission inspired me to do the same."
Dillon-Reinecke began by volunteering at Fertile Hope and soon became an employee. "I think it is important to use my own experience to help other patients who are in the same position by empowering them with information about their risks and options," she says.
- Awareness: Increase awareness of fertility risks and preservation options among medical, patient and lay communities.
- Education: Provide credible, accurate educational resources to enable educated medical advice and patient decisions.
- Financial Assistance: Provide fertility preservation financial assistance options for patients whose medical treatments threaten reproductive function.
- Research: Advance fertility preservation technologies through research grants.
- Support
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