My mother, Felita Rollins, was 43 years old when she passed away from colon cancer on March 17, 2005; I was just 22 years old. My mom and I were very close because I was an only child and she was a single parent. She was my best friend and the strongest person I knew.

For years, my mom saw blood in her stool and felt stomach cramps. She was misdiagnosed with hemorrhoids several times, and it was not until her bleeding got worse that she was given a colonoscopy, which discovered her stage 4 diagnosis.

She fought her cancer with pride. After going in for surgery, she found out her cancer had spread, and we had a long battle ahead of us. My mom took everything in stride. She continued to work. We would go to chemo, and she would go to work right after.

In December 2004, her cancer came back. She shielded a lot from me. I saw her getting worse, but I thought it was side effects from the chemotherapy. I continued to nurture her and fight alongside her.

I did not know she was dying until 10 days before she passed. I walked in on a conversation she was having with her doctor. “You know, you’re dying.”

I told my mom, “I am going to be OK.” She replied, “I know you are.”

After my mom passed, I founded my nonprofit, Felita’s Love. Our mission is to “fight to decrease the number of colon cancer diagnoses and deaths through advocacy and awareness initiatives, encouraging early screenings and education.” I have a drive to advocate for those who are misdiagnosed or those who need screening earlier due to family health history.

When I went into my doctor’s office at age 40 to get my first colonoscopy, the doctor said, “You're late.” The doctor told me I was behind on screening because I have a first-degree relative, which threw me into shock and scared me. I experienced issues with my insurance. I was denied because I was not experiencing symptoms, and I had to wait to get the exam. That made me angry because of everything my mother went through before she was diagnosed.

 because if she could fight to stay alive, I figure I can now fight for other people and help be their voice and advocate to bring awareness.

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After my mom died of colon cancer, I became an advocate with the hopes that fewer people would be lost to the disease. 

My Cancer Advocacy Keeps My Mom’s Legacy Alive

Kentisha Mazeke

I work directly with Brenda Wilbanks, RN, on the radiation oncology unit at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia. Brenda is responsible for educating our patients with breast cancer on radiation therapy and side effect management.

Brenda always goes above and beyond for our patients. She developed very informative and comprehensive handouts for our patients without being asked. She did it because she saw there was a need and our patients would benefit from them. She consistently spends 30 to 60 minutes with every patient with breast cancer detailing radiation therapy treatment and addressing all their questions and concerns. Brenda has single-handedly organized our breast service with her education handouts, organizing our referral system and prepping our team on upcoming patients. Due to Brenda's hard work and compassion, our service runs smoother and our patients are more informed and less anxious. She takes initiative, which is an integral part of quality nursing care.

Editor’s Note: This is an essay submitted by Camille Usher, NP, for the 2021 Extraordinary Healer Award. 

 to read more about CURE®’s Extraordinary Healer® Award for Oncology Nursing event on April 30, 2021.

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A radiation oncology nurse takes the time to educate both patients and her clinical team to better manage side effects during therapy.

Educating Patients and Teams to Reduce Anxiousness During Cancer Treatment

Camille Usher, NP

It felt like the most ironic turn of events of all time when I found out I had stage 3a breast cancer.

As a medical oncologist, who had specialized in the treatment of breast cancer for more than 10 years, I knew that breast cancer could affect anyone, but somehow, I thought in some cosmic way that it wouldn’t affect me. I mean, I had dedicated so much of my life to helping women fight this disease, I couldn’t possibly also 

 the disease, right? Wrong. At age 40, after having retired early from my practice, I discovered a large tumor in my breast that spread to local lymph nodes, aggressive chemotherapy, surgery and radiation ensued.

I had been an active yoga practitioner for 7-8 years before breast cancer and had known that it helped me with many things (chronic back pain resolved, I felt more energy, stress eased, muscles toned). And I had always thought yoga would be helpful to my patients who had complaints about weight gain or anxiety, which commonly accompany breast cancer treatment. But I had no idea the depth, or the breadth, of the benefit that yoga could have for a breast cancer patient until I went through it myself. 

I truly believe that yoga got me through my cancer treatment and helped me recover to a place where I feel much stronger, healthier and happier than I was before I had cancer. It is easy to think that cancer will change us for the worse, like we will have physical limitations, lost vitality or vulnerabilities as a result of the disease and the treatment, but yoga has taught me that with the proper perspective and approach, a breast cancer diagnosis can actually turn into a wonderful opportunity for growth and optimization of health in body, mind and spirit. Your “new normal” can still be the best version of you yet!

Study of the yamas and the niyamas of yoga philosophy helped me get my mind right, in the way that I thought about my situation during and after my cancer treatment. For example, focusing on santosha helped me find contentment instead of frustration with feeling sick during chemo or when the result of my breast reconstruction wasn’t perfect. Svadhyaya, or self-study, helped me to think about what I was learning through this experience, like patience or humility or how to ask for help. Asana practice was huge in restoring my range of motion after bilateral mastectomy, reconstruction and radiation left my chest wall and shoulders very stiff and sore. Losing my yoga practice was one of my biggest fears, and a slow and steady return to asana allowed me to prove to myself that I could get back to full strength and activity, which was so empowering. 

Pranayama, or breath practice, calmed my mind when I felt fear about the potential long-term outcome of my cancer, or when I was going crazy anxiously awaiting test results. I have since learned more about the underlying mechanisms by which yoga achieves some of these things, now coming to light through scientific research. There is fascinating research showing that yoga has anti-inflammatory effects in the body and does things like shift the balance of our nervous system toward rest and healing, and away from conditions of chronic stress. Finally, there is a growing literature of well-designed research documenting yoga’s benefits in cancer survivors in different areas, such as cancer-related fatigue, sleep, overall quality of life, and mood. Ongoing studies are investigating yoga’s benefits on other things like neuropathy, lymphedema, cognitive function, immune function, etc.

In these ways and more, yoga can support us through all aspects of the breast cancer experience, helping us connect to our true selves, to a place of peace, resilience, and overall well-being that can fill our days, both the good ones and the bad ones, with joy and ease. If you haven’t tried yoga yet, ask your doctor to recommend a yoga program with a teacher experienced with cancer survivors and give it a try. You won’t regret it!

A former oncologist discusses how yoga became a vital part of her recovery after a surprise breast cancer diagnosis.

How Yoga Helped Me in My Post Breast Cancer Treatment Journey

Leona Downey

William Laferriere

In October 2018, I was diagnosed with non-small cell adenocarcinoma lung cancer. Just prior to that, my stepson had started dating a girl in Florida where they lived. Living in New York, we hadn’t yet met her. She and I became Facebook friends, and her mother and I had a few mutual friends.

As we got to know each other, it became known to me that Mariann, the aunt of my stepson’s girlfriend, had lung cancer. We had the opportunity to meet, and she told me her story. Having been newly diagnosed myself, I saw how amazingly well she was doing and had been a survivor for about three years already. I was extremely encouraged. She was working at the time, and each year she formed a team called Bighouse Warriors to walk in the LUNGevity Lung Force Walk. Her team has raised thousands of dollars.

Mariann is now a six-year survivor, and I’m almost a three-year survivor. Ironically, we’ve now become family since my stepson and her niece have married. Mariann and I text each other about our care and even share the same oncologist. She has been my lung cancer hero and if you meet her, you’ll understand why.

A lung cancer survivor explains how a serendipitous friendship with her stepson’s girlfriend’s aunt changed her life.

When an Unexpected Cancer Association Leads to a Lifelong Connection

June Burke

Treatment with the anti-TIGIT antibody vibostolimab and Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus etoposide and platinum did not improve overall survival versus Tecentriq (atezolizumab) plus etoposide and platinum in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC), according to data from a phase 3 trial presented at the 2024 SITC Annual Meeting.

As frontline therapy, the investigational regimen led to a median overall survival of 11.5 months versus 12.9 months with the control regimen. Median progression-free survival was 5.3 months versus 4.5 months, respectively.

“Based on the benefit/risk profile observed, treatment with vibostolimab/[Keytruda] was discontinued in the KEYVIBE-008 trial,” Dr. Jacob Sands, lead study author, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, and Oncology Medical Director of the International Patient Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, said in a presentation of the data. “Investigation of vibostolimab/[Keytruda] is ongoing in non–small cell lung cancer [NSCLC].”

The announcement of the trial’s discontinuation was first made in August 2024 in accordance with the recommendation from an independent data monitoring committee.

Additional efficacy results revealed that the six- and 12-month overall survival rates with the investigational regimen were 78.7% and 49.1%, respectively, and 87.4% and 55%, respectively, with the control regimen. The six- and 12-month progression-free survival rates in the investigational group were 30% and 12.4%, respectively, and 26.5% and 13.3%, respectively, in the control group.

The objective response rate was 71.7% in the investigational group versus 74.8% in the control group. The median duration of response was 4.2 months with vibostolimab/Keytruda versus 3.9 months with Tecentriq. In the investigational group, best responses included complete response (6.1%), partial response (65.7%), stable disease (15.7%) and progressive disease (4.8%). In the control group, best responses included complete response (6.1%), partial response (68.7%), stable disease (13.5%) and progressive disease (5.2%).

Despite the trial’s results, there had been substantial evidence in support of the regimen’s potential efficacy, including findings from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-604 trial. These findings showed improved progression-free survival, though not overall survival, with the first line of therapy combination of Keytruda and etoposide and platinum in SCLC.

“Grade 3 or greater [treatment-related side effects] and immune-mediated [side effects] were more frequent with vibostolimab/Keytruda versus [Tecentriq], consistent with dual immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy,” Sands said. He added that no new safety signals were identified.

Common treatment-related side effects in the investigational group were anemia, low white blood cell count, leukopenia, hair loss, low platelet count, nausea, decreased appetite, constipation, fatigue, weakness, rash and itching.

Immune-mediated side effects and infusion reactions included underactive thyroid, overactive thyroid, infusion reactions, lung inflammation, inflammation of the pancreas, adrenal insufficiency, inflammation of colon, severe skin reactions, type 1 diabetes, inflammation of the pituitary gland, brain inflammation, hepatitis and stomach inflammation.

The median duration of therapy was 4.9 months in the investigational group versus 4.9 months in the control group. Most treatment-related side effects were between grade 3 (severe) and 5 (deadly) in the investigational (66.8%) and control (57.2%) groups. Treatment-related side effects leading to discontinuation of any treatment or death occurred in 11.8% and 1.7% of patients, respectively, in the investigational group, and 6.6% and 0.9%, respectively, of patients in the control group. Severe, life-threatening, or death causing immune-mediated side effects and infusion reactions occurred in 14.8% of patients in the investigational group versus 3.5% in the control group; 0.9% of events led to death in the investigational group.

KEYVIBE-008 was a trial that enrolled patients at least 18 years of age with newly diagnosed, previously untreated extensive-stage SCLC and measurable disease.

In the investigational group the median patient age was 64 years and 67% of patients were men. Most patients were current or former smokers (91.7%). The majority of patients also had stage 4B disease (60%), lactate dehydrogenase above the upper limit of normal (60%) and at least three metastatic sites (78.3%). Median tumor size was 142 millimeters.

The median time from treatment assignment to data cutoff was 16.6 months. Of the 230 patients who had been randomly assigned, 229 started treatments in each group. At data cutoff, 16 patients in the investigational group and 29 in the control group were in ongoing treatment.

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The phase 3 trial comparing the anti-TIGIT antibody vibostolimab with Keytruda, etoposide, and platinum to Tecentriq with etoposide and platinum in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) showed no improvement in overall survival. The investigational regimen had a median overall survival of 11.5 months versus 12.9 months for the control. Despite some evidence of potential efficacy, the trial was discontinued due to the benefit/risk profile. The investigational group experienced more severe treatment-related side effects, consistent with dual immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

The anti-TIGIT therapy, vibostolimab, plus Keytruda and chemotherapy did not improve overall survival versus Tecentriq plus chemotherapy in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer. 

Anti-TIGIT Therapy-Based Treatment Combo Did Not Improve Survival in Extensive-Stage SCLC

Kyle Doherty

Will they give you support with arms open wide

Will they say they will stand by your side

To lend you an ear — to lend you a hand

My experience for this at first-hand is grand

I’ve been blessed by so many — both family and friends

Making Strides for Breast Cancer I hold dear to my heart

Free rides — online support — research — that’s just a start

Of why I participate in this event each year

Along with family and friends — they are so dear

Thankful each day I put two feet on the floor

There are so many things that I’m grateful for

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016. I have received so much support from friends, family and so many others. My diagnosis was a surprise since no one in my immediate family had breast cancer...except a cousin.
Thanks to research and improved medical diagnosis, breast cancer is detected earlier, thus providing necessary treatment.

This post was written and submitted by Christina Flandera. The article reflects the views of Flandera and not of CURE®. This is also not supposed to be intended as medical advice.

After receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer, I received so much support from my family, friends and others. 

Living With Breast Cancer

Christina Flandera

I was a few days out from my second round of chemotherapy, and I had a great support system that would check on me frequently.

“I try to leave the lump alone,” I said. “It kind of makes me nervous to touch it now that I know that it’s cancer.”

“Well, that’s probably a good idea,” my friend replied. “You don’t want it to spread.”

It was then I realized that some of the people closest to me really didn’t understand my diagnosis. But I couldn’t blame them.

In our early 30s, my friends and I were enjoying careers, marriages and families. We felt entitled to the rest of our lives ahead of us. So it made sense that no one was really thinking about the reality of their mortality. Breast cancer in our 30s? Was that really a thing?

, in the United States, approximately 12,000 women under the age of 40 are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.

I found a lump in my breast after performing a routine self-exam. It was a habit I developed at 18 when I found a benign tumor in my breast that had to be removed, and it was that experience that put me in the habit of performing self-exams.

The hardest part of my diagnosis was talking about it. I was trying to grasp what my life was becoming, or rather, how it was potentially ending, and meanwhile, I found myself managing the emotions of others.

My conversations went something like this:

 Hey, I have to tell you something, and it’s serious. I just found out I have breast cancer.

 What? How? What’s going to happen? What stage is it? What are you going to do? I don’t know how I’m going to handle this!

After being hit with a barrage of emotionally charged questions and concerns, I found myself offering support to them.

 So, you just heard that your friend (me), just got diagnosed with breast cancer. Is there anything I can do for you?

My feelings were being hijacked, and I quickly learned that I had to be more intentional about how I delivered news.

As my body transformed through chemotherapy, the transition continued to make others uneasy. I experienced “cancer ghosting,” the concept of others falling off the face of the Earth because your diagnosis makes them face realities they don’t want to confront.

And then you have people who are too “helpful,” and they feel compelled to offer unsolicited advice. These people take a sanctimonious approach to offering “support.”

“You should cut out all sugar because sugar feeds cancer cells.”

“You should stop eating (Name it. They think it causes cancer.)”

“(Fill in the Blank) can prevent cancer.”

“It’s just hair. It’ll grow back.”

“My (friend/relative) died of cancer.”

“Maybe you just weren’t right with God.”

“I read about this thing on the internet that can ….”

“Do you think ‘Big Pharma’ is hiding the cure to cancer because they make so much money from treatments?”

There is no shortage of ignorant commentary about cancer. Anyone can suddenly become a “researcher” with the help of Google.

I became more open with my breast cancer story when I understood the depth of what I was facing and saw the impact it had on the people closest to me. When I made a public announcement on social media regarding my diagnosis, there’s one question that kept coming up.

“I perform my self-exams every month. Don’t you?”

The follow-up questions I received highlighted clear deficiencies in the education regarding breast health and advocacy.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I was working with the NFL on their Crucial Catch campaign, an initiative to encourage people to get screened for cancer. I learned that many women were being diagnosed with breast cancer at later stages because they were missing their mammograms, and I felt compelled to do something about that.

A self-exam is what saved my life and led to my cancer diagnosis, and I wanted others to feel as if they had a sense of control during a time of uncertainty.

I also used my time during the pandemic to create an app called Feel For Your Life. It shows you how to perform self-exams, track your progress and set monthly reminders. I launched it as the Delta variant was peaking, and within a couple of weeks, word had spread about the app, and the news had gone viral.

Feel For Your Life reaches tens of thousands of people all over the world to aid them in their breast health advocacy. And just this year, a new AI feature was launched to help others have better conversations with their medical providers, friends and loved ones. It’s called BreastFriendAI, and it can take your lab and pathology reports and translate them into terms you can understand. It can help you find screening facilities that take insurance or offer free or reduced services. It can prepare you for appointments and provide you with questions to ask so you feel more empowered in the decisions that you need to make.

It can tell you what to say when you need to set boundaries with those who make inappropriate inquiries or impose on your privacy. The Cancer Muggles won’t stand a chance against BreastFriendAI.

I created the tool that I wish I had before and during my diagnosis. By developing the technology that supports breast health advocacy, I hope to foster better relationships between patients and the medical communities so that individuals feel more equipped in taking risk-reducing measures against cancer and disease.

This post was written and submitted by Jessica Baladad. The article reflects the views of 

 and not of CURE®. This is also not supposed to be intended as medical advice.

After receiving a breast cancer diagnosis, I was faced with many people offering “advice” or commentary about the disease. 

I Stood Up for My Breast Health Amid Ignorant Cancer Comments

Jessica Baladad

The person I am nominating is my Aunt Judy, known to most of her patients as Judy Higgins, RN, OCN. 

I always assumed she provided detailed, personal care when interacting with her patients, but I never knew I would be able to confirm this through personal experience. In August 2020, I received a diagnosis of breast cancer at age 32. 

Aunt Judy was on a Zoom call with my mom and me just hours after my first appointment to help me sort through the details of my diagnosis and upcoming treatment plan. Shortly after, she sent me a care package of chemotherapy essentials that only an oncology nurse would know to send — a port pillow for my seatbelt, packets of Ensure, on-the-go sickness bags, etc.

Unfortunately, we live many states apart, so being Aunt Judy’s actual patient wasn’t viable, but this did not prevent her from being involved. Even though I had to do all of my chemo infusions alone due to COVID-19 restrictions, Aunt Judy always helped me feel equipped to get through them. 

Before each infusion, I would text my laboratory results for a second look and she would walk me through them. During treatments, she would message me to make sure I was feeling OK, and she always encouraged me to speak up and let my nurses know if something didn’t feel right. 

The days following treatment, she would check in to ask about my side effects, and she was quick to offer at-home remedies or encourage me to call my doctor if there was major cause for concern. We even FaceTimed once just to confirm my Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) patch was working properly.

Surpassing the remote chemo support she offered me is how Aunt Judy led me in restorative yoga virtually for an entire year. She is a certified yoga4cancer instructor and due to the pandemic she was unable to utilize her certification for in-person classes at her hospital. Together over Zoom, we would massage the lymphatic system with stretches and strengthen my bones with balance poses. 

Receiving chemo during a pandemic, across 14 weeks of winter, presented me

 with very few opportunities for activities. Our yoga sessions gave me a sense of schedule and something to look forward to. I enjoyed getting dressed in my yoga wear and setting up my blocks, mat, chair and laptop for each session. Some of my favorite moments occurred during the Savasana pose, when Aunt Judy would speak affirmations over me: “You are strong. You are healing. Be in this moment of gratitude.”

Aunt Judy had a dramatic effect on my confidence that helped me get through that horrid time, and I don’t doubt she has that effect on her patients in person. She is proof that nursing goes far beyond scanning a wristband, confirming a birthdate, administering chemo and installing a Neulasta patch (although I recognize the precision behind handling these medicines is vitally important!).

A year later, her care and concern for me continue. The day before writing this essay, I spoke to Aunt Judy over the phone to discuss some of my latest scan results. I also asked about her work, and she was telling me that her nursing staff is being hit hard by another COVID-19 surge. Although technically PRN (or on call), she is working more frequently than she would prefer, sometimes acting as one of two nurses on a busy infusion unit. 

She persists despite fatigue (and although she would never admit it, probably burnout) and shows up for her patients so they may receive lifesaving treatment and unmatched compassion and support.

I realize this nomination is unique and may appear biased because Aunt Judy is my family, but I believe her approach to supporting me has come from her identity as a nurse, one who is dedi- cated to caring for people with cancer. Aunt Judy’s commitment to this line of work has allowed patients with cancer to experience something unique — they gain a momma-bear protector, a mother-hen nurturer and a knowledgeable, skilled and lifesaving-drug dispenser. I am convinced this work is her calling. She approaches it in a way that is transcendent and sacred. 

For anyone reading this who is facing a cancer diagnosis, find yourself an Aunt Judy or just go find her at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lutz, Florida.

Judy Higgins deserves this award based on her commitment to countless patients in Florida, plus the extraordinary care she offered one extra patient across the country in Indiana.

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While one woman always assumed her aunt Judy provided excellent cancer care, she learned it firsthand upon her own diagnosis.

One-of-a-Kind Cancer Care Across 1,000 Miles

Emily Campbell, M.S.

“It has been nearly three weeks since my diagnosis and I am still bouncing in and out of denial. I feel fine, I look fine. I don’t feel like I have cancer. Maybe they got it wrong. Maybe I don’t really have cancer.

Since hearing those words, “you have cancer,” I feel like my world has stopped and that everyone around me has kept going at a very fast pace. I feel like I am screaming in a crowd of people, but no one can hear me.

These are words taken from my book, “Beautiful Lady,” which chronicles my personal journey through breast cancer where I learned that cancer consists of two equally important paths: one being the obvious medical path and the other being the emotional path. Healing the emotional wounds from a cancer diagnosis is as important as healing the physical wounds so that we can come through this terrible storm “wholly healed,” with body, mind and spirit in sync.

When I was diagnosed, I was surprised and disappointed at how quickly my confidence and self-esteem were ripped to shreds. I had gone from being a strong, confident, successful business executive to someone who was suddenly scared of nearly everything. My trust had been shattered and it took me a long time to rebuild my courage and self-confidence.

A cancer diagnosis creates a storm of strong emotions, and it forces us to evaluate our lives and our mortality. Within a matter of seconds life is changed forever, and through my own experience, I learned that women often are not provided with the necessary tools to emotionally heal from this traumatic event. Some cancer treatment centers provide both medical and emotional support, but many do not.Often women are left to their own devices to heal and overcome the emotional trauma.

In addition to what our bodies are going through medically, our minds are experiencing extreme trauma that does not magically end when the medical treatments do. It just begins, which is why many women describe feelings of panic, devastation and fear after returning home from cancer surgeries and/or treatments.

I have talked to many cancer warriors who have confirmed that people around them say things like, “It’s over now, you have to move on with your life,” or “You don’t have cancer anymore, why are you still upset?”

Please don’t ever say these things to a cancer warrior. It is not helpful.

Trauma is real and so are its resulting physical effects. Cancer is a difficult journey, and we should not have to live with lingering trauma or be afraid to ask for help healing our emotions.

The stress and hormones activated in the brain by the traumatic event get stuck in survival mode and sometimes do not restore back to normal levels. When your brain is in constant stress mode, it trickles down and is normalized throughout the physical body. If the brain does not reset, survivors may develop PTSD.

According to statistics, nearly 80% of women develop PTSD symptoms after a cancer diagnosis. That is a staggering number of women, when you consider the statistics from the World Health Organization that cite 2.3 million women were diagnosed globally with breast cancer in 2020. Do the math, and that means in just one year 1.8 million women are struggling with some level of PTSD. That is in just one year.

They must recognize that cancer warriors need help medically and emotionally. We cannot just heal the physical body; we must also heal our mind and spirit.

As a result of my own struggles, I have made it my mission to help women heal their emotional wounds so they can realign their thoughts, boost courage and rediscover our happiness.

We must give ourselves time to work through the healing stages at our own unique pace, with no internal or external pressure to “go faster.” We must work to identify the hard feelings of fear, anger, sadness and depression so that we can release them to become “wholly healed.”

Speaking from personal experience, if you take these steps, you will soon realize that you can look to the future with hope and excitement, with renewed self-confidence and courage, knowing that you are now a strong warrior, both inside and out. Cancer may have taken our old life and ravaged our bodies, but it cannot (and should not) take away our future.

. For more information about her book, “Beautiful Lady,” and other online resources, visit her website 

. Join Geri on Instagram and/or Facebook @gerimaroney.author.

A breast cancer survivor explains that many people deal with long-term emotional trauma as a result of their cancer experience and argues that more should be done to address it.

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