If you are recently diagnosed with breast cancer and looking for a little inspiration than you should check out the popular new book, “Don’t Bet Against Me” by Deanna Favre and Angela Elwell Hunt.  Deanna Favre also happens to be the wife of celebrity football player Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers. Now that she is cancer free she is an advocate for other women with breast cancer and does what she can to raise money for those who are uninsured or underinsured and face breast cancer.  She does much of her work these days through the Hope Foundation. Here’s more about her story…

Deanna Favre was having the time of her life as a mother to two daughters and happy in her marriage to her famous football star husband.  This all changed when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.  Deanna was just a simple girl from a small town in Mississippi and she was never one to look for the spotlight, rather she let her husband take all the glory. 

Several key things happened in her life, the 2003 death of her father-in-law on the even of her husband team the Green Bay Packer’s victory.  A few months later in October of 2004 her brother died tragically in an ATV accidents.  Deanna was still grief stricken when she learned that she had breast cancer.

Deanna emerged as a fighter through all these tragedies in her life.  Her book was a chance to share her memories with others and for them to learn more about this public person who is really just like us.  She went from single mother to married to a star and stayed the same throughout these changes.  As she dealt with breast cancer and the loss of her brother she also remained the same.  Deanna is a great inspiration to us all and through the HOPE Foundation she is able to pass on her inspiration to others who are looking for hope during breast cancer.

You can find her book “Don’t Bet Against Me,” at bookstores or order it online. She is proof to how ordinary people can face and tackle difficult circumstances and beat them.